Prairie State
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Only a tenth of a percent of the prairie that held the soil together for centuries in Illinois, the “Prairie State,” remains today.
From Scientific American
For the “Middle of Everything” campaign, the award-winning actor traipses around the Prairie State wearing a jaunty blue beret and a gleeful expression.
From Washington Post
Prairie State Generating Station, Illinois’ largest emitter, will be allowed to remain open.
From Scientific American
And the 2012 opening of Marissa’s Prairie State Generating Co., under existing clean-air laws, reveals the economic and ideological struggle over the severity of the threat of climate change and how best to halt it.
From Seattle Times
Prairie State has hired union tradespeople for a portion of the work.
From New York Times
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