black belt
black belts
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pluralof black belt.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The world champion held black belts in karate, taekwondo, tang soo do, Brazilian jiu jitsu, judo and the martial arts discipline he founded himself, chun kuk do.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 20, 2026
You’re going to spend four or five years, get your black belts.
From Seattle Times ● May 12, 2023
Robotic arms protrude from her back, and black belts are buckled around her thighs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 3, 2021
While there are older people with black belts, they achieved them when they were decades younger.
From BBC ● Nov. 16, 2021
The succession of disasters in San Domingo, meanwhile, gave warning against the upsetting of racial adjustments in the black belts, and the Gabriel revolt of 1800 in Virginia drove the lesson home.
From American Negro Slavery A Survey of the Supply, Employment and Control of Negro Labor as Determined by the Plantation Regime by Ulrich Bonnell Phillips
