downstate
noun
down·state
ˈdau̇n-ˌstāt 
: the chiefly southerly sections of a state
also
: the chiefly rural part of a state when the major metropolitan area is to the north
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Elwell, who recently had been in decline after suffering a broken hip, had been a resident of downstate Princeton and previously had lived in Wheaton.
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Yes, but: If Indiana did annex the 33 conservative-leaning downstate counties, Illinois Republicans would lose those voters.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
But downstate lawmakers would have little incentive to back the idea.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Moreover, the Empire Center, a think tank in Albany, found no statistically significant correlation in downstate nursing homes (where the bulk of the nursing home cases were) between admissions of COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes and deaths of nursing home residents.
—Paul Francis, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
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Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 11 Apr. 2025
Yes, but: If Indiana did annex the 33 conservative-leaning downstate counties, Illinois Republicans would lose those voters.
—Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 7 Mar. 2025
But downstate lawmakers would have little incentive to back the idea.
—David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Mar. 2025
Moreover, the Empire Center, a think tank in Albany, found no statistically significant correlation in downstate nursing homes (where the bulk of the nursing home cases were) between admissions of COVID-19 patients from hospitals to nursing homes and deaths of nursing home residents.
—Paul Francis, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Downstate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/downstate. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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