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heartland

adjective as in back-country

adjective as in inland

noun as in interior

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The heartland, then as now, is almost a different state, with different fears.

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What happened to Chowchilla is the story of a generation-defining crime that briefly shook the world, and the ripple effects it had on the state’s heartland.

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The manufacturing heartland of the Midwest and the Northeast experienced a massive wave of deindustrialization.

Both the baseball and softball championships have become marquee events in the heartland cities that host them, with large sellout crowds, and drawing similar audiences on ESPN.

Breanna Stewart logged in from the industrial heartland of Russia, resting her head on a table as she listened.

The cities of the heartland came into existence, first and foremost, as economic entities.

In 1994, Rastetter founded Heartland Pork enterprises, ultimately becoming the second largest pork producer in Iowa.

Thus, any Iraqi army offensive in the Sunni Arab heartland is unlikely to succeed without local partners.

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher had an odd warning last week for the Heartland Institute.

Throughout the Sunni heartland, the government has simply imploded.

It was the only area of the heartland—except for the top level casinos—open to every citizen without restriction.

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On this page you'll find 42 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to heartland, such as: backwoods, backwater, inland, rural, rustic, and upcountry.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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