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- noun North Carolina; -- used as a nickname.
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- proper noun US
North Carolina .
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- noun a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies
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Examples
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Norton said she will reintroduce the bill -- to maintain its "momentum," such as it was -- while exploring whether there's a possibility for a new compromise with the Tar Heel State, which is not so monolithically Republican as Utah was.
D.C. needs to be ready to fight GOP 'meddling,' Norton says Mike DeBonis 2010
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NEW YORK: "Democrats won control of the State Senate last night for the pulls out the still-not-called Tar Heel State, it will have pulled a" hat trick "-- party wins in the Senate, governor, and presidential races -- for the first time since 1960.
First Read 2008
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While Pantano won't be able to change his past, his political future may be brighter due to the upcoming redistricting process in the Tar Heel State.
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Guillory pointed to growth not only in the major cities but also in counties near them as evidence that the Tar Heel State is becoming more metropolitan.
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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics BLS, the seasonally adjusted size of the Texas labor force has increased by 5% since December 2007, faster than any state other than North Carolina at 5.4%, though the Tar Heel State has declined 0.4% over the last year.
The Texas Jobs Panic 2011
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The Tar Heel State, in the most recent projections, trailed Texas, New York, California and Arizona for the final seat No.
The Fix's reapportionment primer Aaron Blake 2010
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The Tar Heel State wound up being No. 436 on the list -- just one state away from making the cut.
Reapportionment winners and losers Aaron Blake 2010
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A football hero in high school, he was a sports broadcaster in the Tar Heel State and Arizona, then became what Congressional Quarterly calls a "boisterous" congressman.
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A football hero in high school, he was a sports broadcaster in the Tar Heel State and Arizona, then became what Congressional Quarterly calls a "boisterous" congressman.
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Hillary Clinton is committed to debating the issues facing the Tar Heel State.
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