buffer zone
noun
: a neutral area separating conflicting forces
broadly
: an area designed to separate
Examples of buffer zone in a Sentence
There must be a 500-foot buffer zone between the river and the new buildings.
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Another buffer zone will be established in western Arizona and will be considered a part of Marine Corps Air Station, Yuma, according to a U.S. official.
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 26 June 2025
For example, creating an overly large buffer zone around equipment might be justified to mitigate potential damage from lunar dust.
—Michelle L.d. Hanlon, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Both players and umpires also have informally raised the possibility of ABS including a buffer zone that would allow certain close calls to stand even if they are overturned by the system.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
British India faced Soviet Central Asia across the Wakhan Corridor, a strip of Afghanistan only eleven miles wide at its narrowest points, which in 1893 had been designated the buffer zone between the Russian and British Empires.
—Dorothy Armstrong
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
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Luis Martinez, ABC News, 26 June 2025
For example, creating an overly large buffer zone around equipment might be justified to mitigate potential damage from lunar dust.
—Michelle L.d. Hanlon, Space.com, 20 June 2025
Both players and umpires also have informally raised the possibility of ABS including a buffer zone that would allow certain close calls to stand even if they are overturned by the system.
—Ken Rosenthal, New York Times, 19 May 2025
British India faced Soviet Central Asia across the Wakhan Corridor, a strip of Afghanistan only eleven miles wide at its narrowest points, which in 1893 had been designated the buffer zone between the Russian and British Empires.
—Dorothy Armstrong
june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for buffer zone
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“Buffer zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffer%20zone. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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