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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • A city of western Indiana on the Wabash River west-southwest of Indianapolis. It was founded as Fort Harrison in 1811.

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Examples

  • Thompson said George Ryan told him by telephone after he was returned to the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Ind., that he was thankful to prison officials.

    Will Prosecutors Allow George Ryan To Visit Ailing Wife? AP 2011

  • Thompson said George Ryan told him by telephone after he was returned to the Federal Correctional Institution in Terre Haute, Ind., that he was thankful to prison officials.

    Will Prosecutors Allow George Ryan To Visit Ailing Wife? AP 2011

  • Fred Haan, a mechanical engineering professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., builds 5-inch-tall houses and blasts them with simulated tornadoes in a lab.

    Tornado lessons could lead to stronger buildings 2011

  • Fred Haan, a mechanical engineering professor at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Ind., builds 5-inch-tall houses and blasts them with simulated tornadoes in a lab.

    Tornado lessons could lead to stronger buildings 2011

  • Every day imposed the same unmanageable burdens whether he was in the Oval Office or campaigning in Terre Haute.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Kevin McTaggart continues to serve a life sentence at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • Kevin McTaggart continues to serve a life sentence at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • Kevin McTaggart continues to serve a life sentence at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

  • Every day imposed the same unmanageable burdens whether he was in the Oval Office or campaigning in Terre Haute.

    O: A Presidential Novel Anonymous 2011

  • Kevin McTaggart continues to serve a life sentence at the federal penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana.

    Kill the Irishman Rick Porrello 2011

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