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Terre Haute

American  
[ter-uh hoht, huht, hawt] / ˈtɛr ə ˈhoʊt, ˈhʌt, ˈhɔt /

noun

  1. a city in W Indiana, on the Wabash River.


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Thyssenkrupp will close its Terre Haute, Indiana, plant by March 31 next year, eliminating 230 jobs, as part of its automotive technology unit restructuring.

From The Wall Street Journal May 18, 2026

The small-town lawyer from Terre Haute, Indiana, launched a legal blitz on the issue of campaign finance, filing dozens of lawsuits in state and federal courts.

From Slate Oct. 21, 2025

Many of the forty people awaiting execution at the federal facility in Terre Haute, Indiana, are there because of arbitrariness, discrimination, or official misconduct in the death penalty system.

From Salon Dec. 23, 2024

Having served a large part of his sentence, he was released in August of 2024 from federal prison in Terre Haute, Idaho, and handed over to US Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

From BBC Dec. 17, 2024

At the site of what is today Terre Haute, Indiana, the soldiers constructed Fort Harrison on Shawnee land.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

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