Definitions
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- noun A
geographical region loosely described as thesouthern andwestern states of theUSA where the weather is typically sunny. - noun A
political geographical region approximately the same as above, where the voting tendency of the population isright wing .
Etymologies
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Examples
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But it makes me think that the prospects for transformation in sunbelt metro areas may be brighter than is generally realized if policymakers decide they want to take action.
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But it makes me think that the prospects for transformation in sunbelt metro areas may be brighter than is generally realized if policymakers decide they want to take action.
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Conventional wisdom dictates that states in the sunbelt should be the leaders in solar energy installations and incentives.
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In a region dependent in part on tourism and retirees attracted to the 'sunbelt', it is expected that the combination of worsening heat, water shortages, and severe weather will make the region far less attractive, thereby depressing the economy.
Mongabay.com News 2009
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Lee made the remarks after a policy briefing from South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Tae-ho on a "sunbelt" plan, to develop the region.
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Lee made the remarks after a policy briefing from South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Tae-ho on a "sunbelt" plan, to develop the region.
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As a native of the area around Mobile, Alabama, a place long ridiculed by many as the nation's stepchild, it amused me that what was disdained as a redneck corner of the universe populated by ignorant and racist whites and besieged blacks became the "sunbelt" in the 1970s and as soon as those "cheeseheads" arrived in "crackerland" with no more need for their snowtires and discovered giant flying cockroaches and mildew among other horrors and complained mightily about the tropics they had naively sought, they became disenchanted.
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a process that will continue into the first quarter of 2009 as the BBVA Compass banner is introduced in markets across the 'sunbelt' region.
San Antonio Business News - Local San Antonio News | The San Antonio Business Journal 2008
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Are we to believe this is a coincidence, or just because it is too hot down there (that actually might explain a bit, like the relative backwardness of the American south before air-conditioning and "the sunbelt")?
Why Do the Poor Commit More Crime?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Like many sunbelt cities, Miami is more sprawling mosaic than urban core and periphery.
Discourse.net: Ten Reasons Why You Should Teach Here -- And Three Why You Shouldn't (v. 3.0) 2009
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