exclusive economic zone
noun
: the area of sea and seabed extending from the shore of a country claiming exclusive rights to it
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Manila’s pushback against China’s growing footprint in its exclusive economic zone has led to increasingly unsafe and, at times, violent confrontations at sea.
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The Sumud flotilla is now moving into waters that fall within Israel’s exclusive economic zone and is expected to reach Israeli waters around Yom Kippur with nearly 50 vessels and hundreds of anti-Israel activists on board.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
It is located about 125 miles off the coast of the Philippines and is within its exclusive economic zone.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Niue was one of the first countries in the world to commit to protecting 100 percent of its ocean waters as an exclusive economic zone.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
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Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
The Sumud flotilla is now moving into waters that fall within Israel’s exclusive economic zone and is expected to reach Israeli waters around Yom Kippur with nearly 50 vessels and hundreds of anti-Israel activists on board.
—Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
It is located about 125 miles off the coast of the Philippines and is within its exclusive economic zone.
—Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Niue was one of the first countries in the world to commit to protecting 100 percent of its ocean waters as an exclusive economic zone.
—Terry Ward, AFAR Media, 11 Sep. 2025
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“Exclusive economic zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusive%20economic%20zone. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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