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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
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That cautious approach, Parrot says, is rooted in the club's role as the standard-bearer for a former mining heartland.

From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026

A war-fueled surge in the price of fertilizer is reverberating from Wall Street to the American heartland, sending shares of producers soaring while forcing farmers into tough choices ahead of spring planting season.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

It's a project long pushed for by Canada's oil heartland but one which faces significant hurdles.

From BBC • Jan. 23, 2026

In a college sports landscape lorded over by billionaires, none other than John Mellencamp—the 74-year-old heartland rocker—has played no small part in Indiana’s rise from laughingstock to the No. 1 team in the country.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 16, 2026

Between 800 and 830 a.d., most of the main dynasties fell; cities winked out throughout the Maya heartland.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann




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