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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

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

Already both candidates and their running mates have held events in the Keystone State, with no doubt many more to come.

From Salon • Aug. 19, 2024

Then it was that the old conservative Keystone State threw herself into the breach.

From A Report of the Debates and Proceedings in the Secret Sessions of the Conference Convention For Proposing Amendments to the Constitution of the United States, Held at Washington, D.C., in February, A.D. 1861 by Chittenden, L. E. (Lucius Eugene)