rust belt
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of rust belt
First recorded in 1980–85
Example Sentences
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Springfield, a rust belt city in south-west Ohio, is home to about 60,000 people and has seen thousands of immigrants arrive in recent years.
From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2024
It also includes the industrial rust belt of the upper Midwest and the cowboy swagger of Texas.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
On Sunday, he gathered about 100 lawmakers and a dozen cabinet colleagues in his constituency of Tourcoing, a working class town in France's northern rust belt.
From Reuters ● Aug. 27, 2023
But he holds that position at a second-rate university located in Pennsylvania's rust belt, where he strains to overcome the blessed curse of tenure.
From Salon ● Jan. 12, 2023
The tower was in the way of an economic development project, and last month controlled explosions reduced to it a few crumpled remains on a landscape littered with relics of rust belt Britain.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2021
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