Pacific Rim Definition & Meaning

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Pacific Rim American [puh-sif-ik rim] / pəˈsɪf ɪk ˈrɪm /

noun

1. a geographic area that includes all the landmasses that border the Pacific Ocean when considered collectively, but which often refers specifically and socioeconomically to eastern Asia: What do the economies in Europe and the Pacific Rim tell us about current trends?

   coastal erosion in the Pacific Rim;

   What do the economies in Europe and the Pacific Rim tell us about current trends?

Pacific rim British

noun

1. the regions, countries, etc, that lie on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, esp in the context of their developing manufacturing capacity and consumer markets

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Etymology

Origin of Pacific Rim

First recorded in 1895–1900

Example Sentences

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Crane visited Japan last year and decided to boost Houston's Pacific Rim presence with scouts in Tokyo, Taiwan and South Korea.

From Barron's

LAX is one of the five largest cargo airports in the country and a major destination for cargo arriving from China, Taiwan and other Pacific Rim countries.

From Los Angeles Times

The second city of America is becoming the premiere city of the Pacific Rim, a polyglopolis home to more people from--pick a country, Guatemala?

From Los Angeles Times

Instead of tit for tat, the prime minister is pivoting Canada with precision toward alternative trade blocs like Europe and the Pacific Rim.

From Salon

Now the formally restless Susan Choi turns to social realism in her beguiling if baggy “Flashlight,“ mapping a family’s journey among political autocracy and personal pain, from Midwestern cornfields to the Pacific Rim.

From Los Angeles Times

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