Frostbelt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of Frostbelt
Example Sentences
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Before energy prices collapsed, the conventional wisdom held that America's economy was being split along have and have-not lines: a prosperous Sunbelt and a rusting Frostbelt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Migration drained the Frostbelt in the late 1970s.
From Time Magazine Archive
But Mickey Kantor, the high-gear manager of Mondale's California effort, asserts that his man will not lose the state, despite his Frostbelt starchiness.
From Time Magazine Archive
Prestidge of the Northeast-Midwest Institute, a research center in Washington, B.C., is shared by state officials throughout the industrial Frostbelt.
From Time Magazine Archive
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