sun belt

1. The southern and southwestern United States, as in Retirees have been moving to the sun belt for years. It is so called for its warm climate. [Mid-1900s]

Example Sentences

The women’s basketball league is amid its final: A Sun Belt best-of-7 between Las Vegas Aces and Phoenix Mercury.

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Adair Turner, chair of the UK's Energy Transitions Commission, says countries in the global "sun belt" and "wind belt" face very different energy challenges.

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Sun belt nations - including much of Asia, Africa, and Latin America - need large amounts of electricity for daytime air conditioning.

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Texas State, currently part of the Sun Belt Conference, is expected to accept the offer Monday, according to several media outlets.

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Texas State was encouraged by the TV deal, and the Pac-12 was under pressure to add the Bobcats before July 1, when their exit fee from the Sun Belt would double from $5 million to $10 million.

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