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belt

[belt] / bɛlt /


NOUN
strip of land with characteristic feature
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Another Rust Belt stalwart, Detroit, lost 60% of its population over that period, but has since seen its population recover slightly.

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

In 2025, greening affected a record 47.63 percent of orange trees in the Brazilian Citrus Belt, according to Fundecitrus; 100 million trees, of 209 million, are now infected.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

About ten million years ago, the Sun emerged from the Gould Belt complex of the Orion Spiral Arm, which is now a little less than a thousand light-years away.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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