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beltway

Speech parts

1. beltway - Noun

2. beltway - Adjective

3. Beltway - Proper noun

Meaning

a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center

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I may be controversial, but my allegiance is to people outside the Beltway. Howard Dean

The Beltway Right has entered into a civil union with Big Brother. Pat Buchanan

Too many Republicans treat English as a second language, with Beltway lingo being their native tongue. Thomas Sowell

John Boehner is the ultimate Beltway hack, a man whose unmatched and self-serving skill at political survival has made him, after two decades in Washington, the hairy blue mold on the American congressional sandwich. Matt Taibbi

The spy boom has been a beautiful windfall for architects, construction companies, IT specialists, and above all defense contractors, enriching thousands of private companies and dozens of local economies hugging the Capital Beltway. Rachel Maddow

The Beltway is waking up to the realities of Prsident Obam's budget plan, which taxes, spends, and borrows as far as the eye can see. Matthew Continetti

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