Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A central region, especially one that is politically, economically, or militarily vital to a nation, region, or culture.
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- noun The centre, or most
populous part of a region defined bygeographical or non-geographicalcriteria .
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- noun the central region of a country or continent; especially a region that is important to a country or to a culture
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Examples
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I think aides were saying that this issue is clearly important to everyone in this country, and so therefore they felt like no better place for the president to announce it than from what they call the heartland here in Crawford, Texas.
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It has bought an acre of land in what it calls the heartland of the planned Trump golf resort, and said the development cannot go ahead in its current form without access to it.
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She sometimes seemed short on specifics and long on folksiness, as she aimed to appeal to what she called the heartland of America.
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She sometimes seemed short on specifics and long on folksiness, as she aimed to appeal to what she called the heartland of America.
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He trades in heartland clichés, elevating the rural, religious and homogenous parts of America above the godless and corrupt coastal establishments.
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Lawyers for Lambda Legal, a gay rights group that financed the court battle and represented the couples, had hoped to use a court victory to demonstrate acceptance of same-sex marriage in heartland America.
Equality in Iowa 2009
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Appealing to energy independence may persuade voters more than appealing to climate change, reports Leslie Kaufman: If the heartland is to seriously reduce its dependence on coal and oil, Ms. Jackson and others decided, the issues must be separated.
Wonkbook: BoA restarts foreclosures; tax cut goes unnoticed; Sietsema's DC dining guid Ezra Klein 2010
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Only in heartland states such as Utah and Idaho-the intermountain bastions of his adopted Mormon faith-would the godless invaders encounter meaningful resistance.
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As a girl, I confused the word heartland with heartwood and so imagined my part of the world as a beautifully grained circle in the middle of America's tree trunk.
Sandra Steingraber: Escape from the Heartland - Atrazine, Susan G. Komen, and KFC 2010
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I am a pure 100% born Cajun living in Cajun heartland and we take offense too nothing!
Five Behind The Scene Featurettes For The Princess and the Frog Spark Mild Controversy | /Film 2009
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