buffer zone
noun
: a neutral area separating conflicting forces
broadly
: an area designed to separate
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There must be a 500-foot buffer zone between the river and the new buildings.
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Runways should then have a buffer zone for approximately 300 meters.
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Israel also carved out a buffer zone more than half a mile inside Gaza from its border with Israel, as well as within the Netzarim corridor that bisects north Gaza from the south, and along the Philadelphi Corridor, a stretch of land along Gaza’s border with Egypt.
—Abdel Kareem Hana and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
In the 1980s, as an adviser on Arab affairs in Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Dr. Bailey frequented southern Lebanon, where Israel occupied a buffer zone.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The latest: On Saturday, ahead of the ceasefire, the Israeli Defense Forces started redeploying some forces in Gaza — moving them outside of the enclave or east towards the buffer zone on the Gaza-Israel border.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025
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Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 23 Jan. 2025
Israel also carved out a buffer zone more than half a mile inside Gaza from its border with Israel, as well as within the Netzarim corridor that bisects north Gaza from the south, and along the Philadelphi Corridor, a stretch of land along Gaza’s border with Egypt.
—Abdel Kareem Hana and Tia Goldenberg, Los Angeles Times, 22 Jan. 2025
In the 1980s, as an adviser on Arab affairs in Israel’s Ministry of Defense, Dr. Bailey frequented southern Lebanon, where Israel occupied a buffer zone.
—Isabel Kershner, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
The latest: On Saturday, ahead of the ceasefire, the Israeli Defense Forces started redeploying some forces in Gaza — moving them outside of the enclave or east towards the buffer zone on the Gaza-Israel border.
—Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025
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“Buffer zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffer%20zone. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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