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zone

noun

ˈzōn

Definition of zone

as in region

a broad geographical area a tropical zone

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a part or portion having no fixed boundaries at that point we were out of the danger zone for avalanches

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Recent Examples of zone Iceland is already in the EU’s frictionless single market and the Schengen free-travel zone. — ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026 On third-and-6 in the red zone, Jaden Craig’s pass to Ka’Morreun Pimpton in the end zone was incomplete. — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026 Finish with a light, deep watering to work the organic matter down into the root zone. — Helena Madden, Martha Stewart, 29 Aug. 2026 Those zones cover economically distressed communities targeted for job creation and private investment. — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 29 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for zone

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Yang has described the goal as building DRX into a digital entertainment company that keeps esports as one pillar among several, with Southeast Asia named as a priority region for that growth – a strategy the Jakarta signing puts into practice.

— Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
One in five children in the Kansas City region lacks consistent access to enough food.

— Cuyler Dunn, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of region

Noun

Shawn Ryan Tackling a distance like that will need considerably more solar area, but Ryan has ruled out the obvious fix of simply widening his current upright bike and plastering it with panels.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026
By dawn, a margin of only a few hundred votes separated the two camps before the gap grew as more ballots were tallied in areas of the country where opposition was greater.

— Kwiyeon Ha, Fortune, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of area

Noun

Canales told reporters postgame that Evans’ absence was related to a neck injury.

— Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2026
The British do retain the order of the NYRA morning line by narrowly keeping Golden Tempo at 5-2 as the top favorite, with Renegade breathing down his neck at 10-3 and at one bookmaker at 16-5.

— Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of neck

Noun

Those payloads give crews a visible way to assess where training rockets land during live-fire exercises.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 29 Aug. 2026
Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.

— Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026

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