zone

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as in area
a part or portion having no fixed boundaries at that point we were out of the danger zone for avalanches

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Recent Examples of zone With Blair playing as the distributor in the middle of Dougherty Valley’s zone, the 6-foot-7 forward found Balogun inside and Patton on the perimeter for easy buckets. Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025 Fertilizer should be applied evenly over the shrub's root zone. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025 Burn zones are prone to debris flows during storms. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025 Cooking with multiple zones also required difficult and often confusing recipe conversions, and cooktimes stretched quite long. Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for zone
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zone
Noun
  • At the time of writing, most outages in Oregon were concentrated in the northwestern region of the state.
    Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Monday’s meeting targeted the eastern region of schools including the Dunbar, Eastern Hills, Polytechnic and Wyatt pyramids.
    Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • These changes were largely driven by territorial disputes as the United States expanded westward, with areas shifting between different territories and future states.
    Ross Rosenfeld, Newsweek, 26 Feb. 2025
  • Compher’s production has dipped a bit this season, but his profile is quite similar to Copp’s as a hard-nosed, responsible center who can play in the hard areas of the ice and provide complementary offense.
    Max Bultman, The Athletic, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Tropicana ditched its distinctive carafe, with its circular shape, thinning neck, and crown-like bottle cap.
    Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 26 Feb. 2025
  • The ruling was that both players violated the hands to the face/head/neck of an opponent policy.
    Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 26 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The 2024 South Africa Expropriation Act, signed into law in early 2025, allows for land seizure without payment for public use under specific circumstances, such as when the property is not the owner’s primary source of income.
    John Scott Lewinski, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Here’s more from my seriously unserious conversation with Alva about the fictitious land deal (edited for clarity and brevity).
    Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2025

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“Zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zone. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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