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beltway

[belt-wey] / ˈbɛltˌweɪ /


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Bullock’s calendar is now packed back to back with Beltway meetings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

We paid $3.1 million for the house and owe $1.3 million on the loan; it is located inside the Beltway in the greater D.C. area, in a sought-after neighborhood.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 17, 2026

In other words, pedestrian stuff that doesn’t light up social media or earn an invitation to hold forth on one of the Beltway chat shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

Attention on Wall Street and in the Beltway has already shifted to how Hassett, often seen as Trump’s loyalist economist, will guide monetary policy.

From Barron's • Dec. 3, 2025

The city of Reston, Virginia, is a prosperous community about ten miles west of Washington, D.C., just beyond the Beltway.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston




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