rust belt

Speech parts

1. rust belt - Noun

2. Rust belt - Proper noun

Meaning

Rust Belt

(informal) A region straddling the Northeastern and East North Central United States that has undergone economic decline and population loss due to the shrinking of its once powerful industrial sector.
Coordinate terms: Bible Belt, Corn Belt

rust belt (plural rust belts)

Alternative form of rustbelt

rust-belt (plural rust-belts)

Alternative form of rustbelt

Alternative names

rust-belt

Examples

A Biden victory is contingent on turnout in the Milwaukee area, as Wisconsin is one of more white and conservative Rust Belt states. Source: Internet

Along with so-called Rust Belt states Michigan and Wisconsin, the three states comprise 46 of the 270 Electoral College votes required to declare victory, 20 in Pennsylvania alone. Source: Internet

Many feel that by revitalizing the downtown area and firmly fixing the middle-class in place in the city limits, Daley probably did save Chicago from declining to the extent of the average Rust Belt city. Source: Internet

One of Trump's advisers that even if the campaign loses two of the Rust Belt states, picking up New Hampshire and one of New Mexico and Nevada would help clinch a second-straight victory. Source: Internet

Dan Kaufman joins Dorothy Wickenden to discuss how Democrats in Wisconsin are hoping to defeat the Tea Party and take back the Rust Belt. Source: Internet

Cardiff, like so many Industrial Age giants, has reemerged with fresh vigor from its time as a run-down, rust-belt city. Source: Internet

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