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commuter belt

American  

noun

  1. a suburban region housing many people who commute to a nearby city in which they work.


Etymology

Origin of commuter belt

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

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West Berkshire is where the countryside and the chalk downs meet the commuter belt.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2023

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

On Tuesday, he was in Reading West, another Tory-held seat, in London’s commuter belt.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 10, 2019

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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