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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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Burnham grew up in Culcheth, a quiet commuter belt village in Cheshire, near Warrington, having been born in Liverpool.

From BBC Jun. 28, 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

As the scandal was unfurling, Berezovsky was wrestling with dark thoughts at his home in London’s commuter belt.

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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