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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- The north-central and northeast United States.
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Examples
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The Republican nominee could gain about a half-dozen net electors from the transfer of House seats—and thus electoral votes—from the northern Frostbelt to the southern and western Sunbelt.
The 2012 Election Will Come Down to Seven States Larry J. Sabato 2011
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All that upholds the Frostbelt-to-Sunbelt trend, but it reveals slight but significant shifts in the population just since the summer of 2009.
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Already, a handful of Frostbelt states have taken extraordinary measures to help people pay for spiraling energy costs.
Stateline.org RSS - stories Stateline.org Staff Writer By Christine Vestal 2008
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(a) the westward movement, especially from the Northeast and subsequently from the Midwest and South regions; (b) southward movement from ‘Frostbelt’ to the ‘Sunbelt’ states, and especially the coastal segments of the Sunbelt; and (c) the flow to urban (particularly metropolitan) areas from rural and small-town communities throughout the nation.
The Population of the United States Douglas L. Anderton 1997
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