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Badger State

American  

noun

  1. Wisconsin (used as a nickname).


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The MacIver Institute estimated this year that the Badger State reforms have saved taxpayers $35.6 billion, about two-thirds of which has come from lower healthcare costs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

Women make all the difference in the Badger State.

From Fox News • Sep. 3, 2020

"Bam" — it's "easy to get," said the gentleman from the Badger State.

From Salon • May 7, 2020

The Prairie State boasts the highest number of his structures, followed by the Badger State.

From Washington Post • Sep. 5, 2019

From the spring of 1873 to the summer of 1883 the "Badger State" was a faithful friend.

From A Child of the Sea; and Life Among the Mormons by Williams, Elizabeth Whitney