Illustration of time zone
- A Pacific time
- B mountain time
- C central time
- D eastern time
time zone
noun
: a geographic region within which the same standard time is used
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Here are the full streaming release times across all time zones.
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
But hiring is expensive, and enforcing consistency across time zones, languages, and product lines is even harder.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Those in Eastern, Central and select Mountain time zones will see Celtics-76ers on the main NBC network, then get the late tipoff as a Peacock exclusive.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
That call sparked a months-long creative exchange across time zones.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
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Griff Griffin, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
But hiring is expensive, and enforcing consistency across time zones, languages, and product lines is even harder.
—Daniel Fusch, USA Today, 12 Nov. 2025
Those in Eastern, Central and select Mountain time zones will see Celtics-76ers on the main NBC network, then get the late tipoff as a Peacock exclusive.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
That call sparked a months-long creative exchange across time zones.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for time zone
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“Time zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20zone. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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