the Beltway

noun

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

politics inside the Beltway

Her influence extends beyond the Beltway.

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The crew enthusiastically continued over the hills to the east, and on to the Beltway, and then followed that highway just above the treetops. —

Matthew L. Wald, The New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2025 Patel, in his book, took that a step forward and argued that FBI leadership should move outside the Beltway. —

Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 30 Jan. 2025 The hero represents the greed and cynicism of the Beltway; his consultancy specializes in studies that help one U.S. military service make a case for a new weapon—while providing another service with the case against the weapon. —

Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025 Hiring at veterans’ hospitals and at field offices to support infrastructure projects has meant that all of the federal staffing growth has happened outside the Beltway. —

Lydia Depillis, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for the Beltway