the Beltway

noun

: the political and social world of Washington, D.C.

politics inside the Beltway

Her influence extends beyond the Beltway.

Examples of the Beltway in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

For too long, Democratic leaders have pulled their polemical punches, seemingly afraid of losing someone’s vote somewhere or offending the Beltway ideal of staying safely within the cocoon of Reagan-O’Neill bipartisanship. —Mark Green, New York Daily News, 20 Apr. 2025

Musk has misspoken about programs that DOGE has targeted, and inside the Beltway that’s a bigger sin than wasting taxpayer money. —Debra J. Saunders, Oc Register, 2 Apr. 2025

As the area around the Dulles International Airport grew, the Dulles Airport Access Highway became clogged not as much with airport traffic as with travelers going to homes, shops, and restaurants between the Beltway (Interstate 495) and the airport. —Dp Opinion, Denver Post, 12 Apr. 2025

Competing ideas on these economic and business topics have roiled Wall Street, Main Street and the Beltway in recent months. —George Avalos, Mercury News, 28 Mar. 2025

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