time zone

noun

Definition of time zone

: a geographic region within which the same standard time is used

Examples of time zone in a Sentence

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The super blood wolf moon of 2019 will take place late on January 20th and/or January 21st, depending on your time zone. — Taylor Mead, House Beautiful, "A Super Blood Wolf Moon Is Coming This Month," 4 Jan. 2019 The two-lane highway—commissioned in 1926 and completed in 1938—was the first of its kind in America, an east-west artery linking Chicago to Santa Monica, California via countless rural towns spread across three time zones and eight states. — Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, "Long Live Route 66," 19 July 2018 Traveling across multiple time zones is often a cause for jealousy, not compassion. — Emily Sohn, Washington Post, "Time-zone changes can leave people worried about jet lag," 7 July 2018 Then there’s the Lumos Smart Sleep Mask, which uses light-flash technology developed by researchers at Stanford University to regulate a user’s circadian rhythm across time zones and combat jet lag. — Lindsey Tramuta, Fortune, "How Sleep Became The Ultimate Luxury," 31 May 2018 The vote was a huge logistical undertaking, taking place across Russia's 11 time zones over 22 hours, in around 97,000 polling stations, according to the Central Election Commission. — Nathan Hodge And Angela Dewan, CNN, "Vladimir Putin retains grip on Russia, exit polls show," 18 Mar. 2018 Olympic coverage will air live across all time zones every night following primetime and local news. — Richard Deitsch, SI.com, "2018 Winter Olympics Media Guide: How to Watch, Changes in Coverage and Everything Else You Need to Know," 8 Feb. 2018 The first White House official to fall after the midterm elections was Ms. Ricardel, who became the unexpected focal point of the White House rivalries while her boss, national security adviser John Bolton, was 13 time zones away. — Rebecca Ballhaus, WSJ, "National Security Aide Is Out After Feud With First Lady," 15 Nov. 2018 That fact, combined with crossing four time zones on the way home, could leave some starters needing four to five days to fully recover from the Montreal game. — Kevin Baxter, latimes.com, "Galaxy faces extra challenge in trip to Montreal," 20 May 2018

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