twilight zone
noun
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: an area just beyond ordinary boundaries or limits (as of ethics, legality, etc.)
… that political twilight zone where left and right meet …—
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: a world of fantasy or illusion
I began to imagine that I'd entered the twilight zone—that the sun would never rise, the drive would never end, and I would be doomed to spend eternity … crammed between two husky men who reeked of cigarettes …—Michael Benanav
Michael BenanavExamples of twilight zone in a Sentence
He gets lost in the twilight zone of video games.
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Recent research into plastic pollution on coral reefs found the amount of plastic debris, most of which came from the fishing industry, increased with depth, peaking in the upper twilight zone.
—Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The gray zone is the new twilight zone.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
On Mercury, the dividing line between day and night, the terminator, is more than just a twilight zone.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
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Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
The gray zone is the new twilight zone.
—Stephen Kotkin, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
On Mercury, the dividing line between day and night, the terminator, is more than just a twilight zone.
—Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 13 Nov. 2025
My style is somewhere in the twilight zone between cartoon and reality, yet neither.
—Corky Carroll, Oc Register, 4 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for twilight zone
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“Twilight zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight%20zone. Accessed 22 Dec. 2025.
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