heartland

noun

heart·land ˈhärt-ˌland

: a central area: such as

: a central land area (such as northern Eurasia) having strategic advantages

: the central geographical region of the U.S. in which mainstream or traditional values predominate

: a region where something (such as an industry or activity) most strongly thrives

the heartland of high technology

Examples of heartland in a Sentence

We drove into Scotland's heartland. a politician who is popular in the American heartland the heartland of high technology

Recent Examples on the Web Viewers enjoyed the dignified combination of MacNeil, who spoke in a clipped, erudite manner; and Lehrer, a Kansas native with a soft heartland drawl. —

Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 12 Apr. 2024 The heartland of this exploitation is the district of Beed, an impoverished, rural region of Maharashtra that is home to much of the migrant sugar-cutting population. —

Qadri Inzamam Saumya Khandelwal, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024 As America’s manufacturing economy gradually declined from the Eighties on, its Rust Belt heartland increasingly studded with decaying industrial cities, the digital economy grew at an exponential rate. —

Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Jan. 2024 Researchers hope to enroll 2,000 people from across the Midwest — the heartland of the country — to see what, if any, adverse health impacts might come from the exposure to dicamba, 2,4-D and other agriculture chemicals. —

Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Mar. 2024 Now, their itinerant odysseys had collided in this remote outpost in the heartland. —

Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 14 Mar. 2024 Insisting that trade agreements are needed to help allies has never been an effective way to win votes in the American heartland. —

Peter E. Harrell, Foreign Affairs, 26 Feb. 2024 The Kansas City Current returned to the heartland this week from sunny Southern California, where the team kicked off its 2024 preseason. —

Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024 Everyone else was on the West Coast before heading to the heartland. —

Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2024

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