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Recent Examples of zones
Mentor126 regards this as a useful lens for adaptive learning design, where AI may adjust difficulty, format, content, and pacing to help learners find their ‘flow,’ the productive learning zones during work tasks.
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Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 June 2026
While the Red Line is being extended (at an escalating cost measured in billions), the Eisenhower section of the Blue Line has featured slow zones for years and years.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
The program, and its center facilities, are open to children and young adults up until the age of 25 who live inside the zones.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026
Subduction zones—places where one plate is diving below another—are where the very largest quakes occur because the fault dips down at a shallow angle, creating a larger area of slip, Jones explains.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 June 2026
The team pushed further by developing broader interference suppression zones rather than targeting single jamming points.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
That includes quarantine zones, increased trapping, surveillance and outreach.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 8 June 2026
The concession extends through four different eco-zones and happens to be prime rhino and big cat real estate.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Sacrifice zones do not stay contained.
—Daniela Flores, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 9 June 2026
While the Red Line is being extended (at an escalating cost measured in billions), the Eisenhower section of the Blue Line has featured slow zones for years and years.
—Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026
The program, and its center facilities, are open to children and young adults up until the age of 25 who live inside the zones.
—Michael Cuglietta, The Orlando Sentinel, 9 June 2026
Subduction zones—places where one plate is diving below another—are where the very largest quakes occur because the fault dips down at a shallow angle, creating a larger area of slip, Jones explains.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 8 June 2026
The team pushed further by developing broader interference suppression zones rather than targeting single jamming points.
—Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 8 June 2026
That includes quarantine zones, increased trapping, surveillance and outreach.
—Garrett Downs, CNBC, 8 June 2026
The concession extends through four different eco-zones and happens to be prime rhino and big cat real estate.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 3 June 2026
Sacrifice zones do not stay contained.
—Daniela Flores, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zones
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While the atmosphere should be equal parts raucous and circus at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, the Spurs are desperate to win a basketball game in the middle of it all.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
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One of the best parts of Dragon Striker is its visual artistry.—
Allison McClain Merrill,
Parents,
8 June 2026
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The 6th Congressional District, which mostly consists of areas in Sacramento and Placer counties, is supposed to be a safe blue seat under the new boundaries passed with Proposition 50.—
Mathew Miranda
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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The video and the SCE data offer proof that the 100-year-old line, which hadn’t been used since the early 1970s, became re-electrified and sparked the fire that killed 19 people and destroyed thousands of homes in Altadena and surrounding areas, attorneys say.—
Tony Saavedra,
Daily News,
10 June 2026
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In a study published last year, Saez and his colleagues used surgical EEG recordings to identify that meditation can lead to changes in brain waves in the amygdala and hippocampus, key brain regions involved in emotional regulation and memory.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
7 June 2026
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While most of the familiar multi-variety white cuvées are traditional blend styles from regions like Rhône Valley, Rioja, Tuscany, or Bordeaux, a handful around the globe—and especially from the New World—combine varieties that would infuriate traditionalists.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
7 June 2026
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With New York on the verge of history, and Wemby seemingly making history of his own every night, millions are craning their necks to watch.—
Devon Henderson,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
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What other mythology would even try to accommodate extending necks, water squirters, and intentionally unpleasant aromas?—
Richard Edwards,
Space.com,
4 June 2026
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Department of Interior pushes back Separately, a coalition of renewable energy groups filed a complaint in District Court in Oregon on Sunday over Pentagon officials not completing national security reviews for new onshore wind farms on private lands.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
3 June 2026
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Flag Day lands in the middle of the month, and this is the patriotic run-up to America’s 250th birthday on July 4.—
Jim Geraghty,
Washington Post,
2 June 2026
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“Zones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zones. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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