commuter belt
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of commuter belt
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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The constituency covers part of the city's commuter belt - Peterculter, Milltimber and Bieldside - as well as the more urban areas near the harbour, such as Torry.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
It was two days after the first Italy’s first COVID-19 patient was diagnosed in the Lombardy town of Codogno, within Milan’s commuter belt.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 8, 2021
May was forty, and represented the new parliamentary seat of Maidenhead, in the commuter belt west of London.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 23, 2018
The two men now lived in exile in mansions a 20-minute drive from each other in the Surrey commuter belt west of London.
From New York Times ● Apr. 15, 2017
In Chelmsford, a city in the London commuter belt praised as the birthplace of radio, many people interviewed by Reuters felt Britain should stand by the British on the Falklands.
From Reuters ● Mar. 12, 2013
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