Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A high-speed highway that encircles or skirts an urban area.
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- noun US A
freeway thatencircles acity
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center
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Examples
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DAI gives new meaning to the term beltway bandits.
John McAuliff: Alan Gross and the Cuban Five John McAuliff 2010
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DAI gives new meaning to the term beltway bandits.
John McAuliff: Alan Gross and the Cuban Five John McAuliff 2010
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DAI gives new meaning to the term beltway bandits.
John McAuliff: Alan Gross and the Cuban Five John McAuliff 2010
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White House spokesman Scott McClellan dismissed the speculation as simply a part of what he called the beltway rumor mill.
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He cares abut himself and how much money he could make from inside the beltway from the lobbysts.
Analysis: Florida's Rubio, an outsider, avoids establishment label 2010
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Inside the beltway people are likely to know this, but inside the beltway is not real America.
Archive 2007-11-01 Ilya 2007
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Creigh Deeds has a very good record on that account and is well known across the state, while Moran is known just among those poor devils stuck in beltway traffic in the breakaway socialist republic known as NOVAville.
Waldo Jaquith - Why Creigh Deeds is the right guy for Democrats. 2007
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Inside the beltway people are likely to know this, but inside the beltway is not real America.
Edwards Ad: Bursting the Beltway Bubble xtra 2007
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It's a very tough position for them, especially before seeing how this sudden influx of No Votes from outside the beltway is going to play in their districts.
Gay Marriage 2006
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It's a very tough position for them, especially before seeing how this sudden influx of No Votes from outside the beltway is going to play in their districts.
Not Larry Sabato: 2006
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