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belt

[belt] / bɛlt /


NOUN
strip of land with characteristic feature
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Should the departure continue, or even increase, experts say it’s still not likely L.A. will ever be overbuilt like some of its Rust Belt counterparts due to pent-up demand that has never quite been met.

From Los Angeles Times • May 29, 2026

For decades, the Rust Belt has been an unwelcome moniker for a region in decline.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

Scientists finally got a break in 2021 and 2022 when storm activity in Jupiter's North Equatorial Belt temporarily decreased.

From Science Daily • May 21, 2026

In 2018, Cuba joined China's Belt and Road Initiative, which funded several strategic infrastructure projects on the island.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Working nights, I spent my days in experimental writing, filling endless pages with stream-of-consciousness Negro dialect, trying to depict the dwellers of the Black Belt as I felt and saw them.

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright




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