beltway
pronunciation
How to pronounce beltway in British English:
UK [ˈbeltweɪ]
How to pronounce beltway in American English:
US [ˈbɛltˌwe]
Word Origin
- beltway (n.)
- term in U.S. for a ring highway around an urban area, especially Interstate 495 around Washington, D.C., the Capital Beltway, completed 1964; from belt (n.) + way (n.). Figurative for "Washington, D.C., and its culture" for better or worse, since c. 1978.
Example
- 1. This week , when the national governors association gathered inside the beltway for its winter meeting , innovation was the theme .
- 2. But even those of us long calloused by life within the beltway ought to be able to see that we 've got a problem .
- 3. U. s. grand strategy has followed this basic prescription for the past twenty years , mainly because most policy makers inside the beltway have agreed with the thrust of fukuyama 's and krauthammer 's early analyses .
- 4. This is not the first time he has found himself in a " beltway " brouhaha , and the relationship between politicians and generals has always been more complex in washington where the president is also the commander-in-chief , than in london .
- 5. Like the beltway shooter , it 's probably a sedan .