seat belt
noun
: an arrangement of straps designed to hold a person steady in a seat (as in an airplane or automobile)
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She was not believed to be wearing a seat belt, according to State Patrol.
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
Rivera and two other officers pulled Feliz over in his Volkswagen near Woodlawn Cemetery for not wearing a seat belt, according to police.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
Just last year, eight Mexican migrant workers were killed when a drunk driver side-swiped their bus, which lacked seat belts.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
Stay in the vehicle with your seat belt buckled and wait for the storm to pass.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
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Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 16 July 2025
Rivera and two other officers pulled Feliz over in his Volkswagen near Woodlawn Cemetery for not wearing a seat belt, according to police.
—Roni Jacobson, New York Daily News, 11 July 2025
Just last year, eight Mexican migrant workers were killed when a drunk driver side-swiped their bus, which lacked seat belts.
—Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2025
Stay in the vehicle with your seat belt buckled and wait for the storm to pass.
—Corina Vanek, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for seat belt
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“Seat belt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seat%20belt. Accessed 31 Jul. 2025.
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