heartland

Example Sentences

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There are already fears that China's industrial heartland, which serves as the factory of the world, will be impacted in the long term if this crisis continues.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

KwaZulu-Natal is the heartland of the country's dairy industry.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

Job losses were most acute in Ontario, the country’s industrial heartland and home to the bulk of the automotive industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 6, 2026

Last year saw sectarian violence in the country's coastal Alawite heartland and in southern Syria's Druze-majority Sweida province.

From Barron's • Jan. 19, 2026

It is believed that this accident is the first such between horse-drawn vehicle and internal combustion engine in the twentieth century here in the Hoosier heartland.

From "The Teacher’s Funeral" by Richard Peck