twilight zone
noun
1
a
: an area just beyond ordinary legal and ethical limits
2
: a world of fantasy or illusion
Examples of twilight zone in a Sentence
He gets lost in the twilight zone of video games.
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In a 2023 study, Pearson and colleagues used foraminifera fossil data to predict the fate of the ocean’s twilight zone, a region 200 to 1,000 meters below the surface.
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Tim Vernimmen, JSTOR Daily, 19 June 2025
That’s because warming increases the rate of decay of falling organic debris, so that less of it reaches the twilight zone.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
Different dimensions Stuck in the twilight zone Is this a black and white scene?
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Hamas was regrouping amid the lack of war without giving up additional hostages
On Mar. 1, the ceasefire entered a twilight zone.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025
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Tim Vernimmen, JSTOR Daily, 19 June 2025
That’s because warming increases the rate of decay of falling organic debris, so that less of it reaches the twilight zone.
—Tim Vernimmen, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2025
Different dimensions Stuck in the twilight zone Is this a black and white scene?
—Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
Hamas was regrouping amid the lack of war without giving up additional hostages
On Mar. 1, the ceasefire entered a twilight zone.
—Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 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 24 Jul. 2025.
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