Definition of free zone
: an area within which goods may be received and stored without payment of duty
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Some breeds of dogs, including pit bulls and Rottweilers, are banned from the city’s public housing — and the playground was a pet-free zone.
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There are two boxed basketballs stacked on an armchair and books by Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on the shelf, but for the most part, Derek Fisher's home office is an NBA-free zone.
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But ice-free zones are not the only mechanism proposed to explain how life survived on snowball Earth.
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Many states have mandated epinephrine autoinjectors in schools and have peanut-free zones.
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From bleaching events to increasingly acidic and oxygen-free zones in the oceans due to climate change, threats to coral reefs and marine life are vast.
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The resolution also asks for more federal dollars for school police officers, psychologists and counselors, as well as larger gun-free zones around the perimeters of schools.
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Well, not us; in Missouri, lawmakers are moving to make a state with few limitations on gun rights an even more regulation-free zone.
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Here, Trump is referencing a controversial proposal from last week that teachers in schools should carry weapons, and there shouldn't be gun-free zones anymore.
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First Known Use of free zone
1900
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