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zone

noun

ˈzōn

Definition of zone

as in region

a broad geographical area a tropical zone

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as in area

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 Some dual-zone systems even let each side of the bed cool independently. — Ryan Brennan, Charlotte Observer, 22 Aug. 2026 The long $400 call provides leveraged participation if the stock re-rates toward the $500+ zone that analysts are modeling on the back of the AI revenue ramp. — Jeff Kilburg, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 The end-zone markers are, for me, as important as anything in the sculpture. — Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 The Sheriff’s Office later placed zone NCO-E050 under an evacuation warning. — Sacbee.com, 21 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

Drivers are urged to use alternate routes and avoid the area.

— Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026
When asked if Tebow wanted to discuss Sunday’s experience, a member of his PR team said the 39-year-old native of the Jacksonville area native could not fit the request into his schedule.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of area

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Clancy then ingested prescription medication, slashed her wrists and neck with a knife, and apparently threw herself head first out of a second-story window, resulting in permanent paralysis from the sternum down.

— Jessica Winter, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2026
Nedawi then pulled back Miller’s sweatshirt and tased him on the neck.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 22 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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