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heartland

[hahrt-land, -luhnd] / ˈhɑrtˌlænd, -lənd /
ADJECTIVE
back country
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The album also wrote the next chapter in heartland rock’s evolution that Jackson Browne had inspired, Bruce Springsteen was pioneering and Tom Petty, John Mellencamp and others would soon advance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 29, 2026

Daniels came to Springfield in 1988, a transplant, after growing in northwest Pennsylvania and working all over the heartland.

From Slate ● Oct. 28, 2026

The Western Isles are the Gaelic language's heartland.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

That finding ruled out the possibility that finished pottery had been manufactured in the Mississippian heartland and transported south through trade.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 6, 2026

The gateway to the industrial heartland of Southern China runs up through the wide, verdant swath of the Pearl River Delta.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell

From villages deep in the Amazon rainforest to the agricultural heartlands in the south and sprawling urban favelas, Brazilians are facing a familiar cast -- with many forced to pick who they least dislike.

From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026

So for nearly 170 miles, the greatest cyclists from the sport’s heartlands duked it out around the roads of Quebec.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Historically, most of Argentina's internationals have come through private schools in the country's rugby heartlands.

From BBC ● Jul. 17, 2026

Chinese brands are now making inroads into Volkswagen’s European heartlands, and President Trump’s tariffs have added billions of dollars in costs to its import-reliant U.S. business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

The French president is eager for Sharaa to maintain his pledge to protect minorities, after sectarian bloodshed in Syria's Alawite and Druze heartlands last year.

From Barron's ● Jul. 6, 2026


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