Examples of the Sunbelt in a Sentence
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Today, more than six in ten people live in the Sunbelt, with White Americans comprising about half or less of the population there.
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
JPMorgan said prices are falling quickest on the West Coast and in the Sunbelt.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Due to lower construction costs and zoning laws, construction actually increased in smaller towns and secondary cities in less dense areas of the country — like the Sunbelt and the Midwest, according to Dietz and Fairweather.
—Hannah Parker, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
There are six states that have flipped between supporting and opposing Trump in his three races: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the Rustbelt and Georgia, Arizona and Nevada in the Sunbelt.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Many of the Sunbelt cities in the top 20 have experienced significant population growth in recent years, boosted and maintained by their thriving job markets and economies.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Last year, Cypress West and TPG Angelo Gordon formed a joint venture to acquire medical office assets in the Sunbelt and West Coast markets.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
In the Sunbelt, where many of its shops are located, people can drink iced tea and sweet tea throughout the year because of the warmer weather, though some, of course, prefer coffee.
—Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And yet such a system is not being considered seriously in California or anywhere else in the Sunbelt, which speaks to the pervasive influence of big-battery, supercar thinking in current EV planning.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2016
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Marc Ramirez, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2026
JPMorgan said prices are falling quickest on the West Coast and in the Sunbelt.
—Jason Ma, Fortune, 9 Feb. 2026
Due to lower construction costs and zoning laws, construction actually increased in smaller towns and secondary cities in less dense areas of the country — like the Sunbelt and the Midwest, according to Dietz and Fairweather.
—Hannah Parker, NBC news, 11 Jan. 2026
There are six states that have flipped between supporting and opposing Trump in his three races: Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin in the Rustbelt and Georgia, Arizona and Nevada in the Sunbelt.
—Ronald Brownstein, Mercury News, 9 Sep. 2025
Many of the Sunbelt cities in the top 20 have experienced significant population growth in recent years, boosted and maintained by their thriving job markets and economies.
—Giulia Carbonaro, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Aug. 2025
Last year, Cypress West and TPG Angelo Gordon formed a joint venture to acquire medical office assets in the Sunbelt and West Coast markets.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 15 Aug. 2025
In the Sunbelt, where many of its shops are located, people can drink iced tea and sweet tea throughout the year because of the warmer weather, though some, of course, prefer coffee.
—Gary Stern, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
And yet such a system is not being considered seriously in California or anywhere else in the Sunbelt, which speaks to the pervasive influence of big-battery, supercar thinking in current EV planning.
—IEEE Spectrum, 28 Jan. 2016
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“The Sunbelt.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Sunbelt. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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