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Keystone State

American  

noun

  1. Pennsylvania (used as a nickname).


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The change ends needless delays that have hindered development in the Keystone State, cutting through bureaucracy to promote investment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Its nickname, the Keystone State, has never been more appropriate.

From BBC • Nov. 5, 2024

In 2020, Republicans requested about 785,000 mail-in ballots in the Keystone State.

From Salon • Sep. 10, 2024

Four years ago, Biden won the Keystone State, which has roughly 300,000 Jewish voters, by about 80,000 votes.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2024

At 9 o'clock the next morning the Keystone State left with Davis secreted, as we have before stated.

From The Underground Railroad A Record of Facts, Authentic Narratives, Letters, &c., Narrating the Hardships, Hair-Breadth Escapes and Death Struggles of the Slaves in Their Efforts for Freedom, As Related by Themselves and Others, or Witnessed by the Author. by Still, William

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