noun
- the southern and southwestern regions of the United States characterized by warm climate and economic growth
Usage: geography; economics
Examples
- Many retirees move to the sunbelt for the warm weather.
- The sunbelt states have experienced rapid population growth.
- Technology companies are expanding into sunbelt cities.
- Arizona and Florida are key sunbelt states.
- The sunbelt’s economy has boomed in recent decades.
- Manufacturing jobs shifted from the Rust Belt to the sunbelt.