buffer zone
noun
: a neutral area separating conflicting forces
broadly
: an area designed to separate
Examples of buffer zone in a Sentence
There must be a 500-foot buffer zone between the river and the new buildings.
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Offensive troop formations, such as supply depots and command posts, must be positioned well beyond this buffer zone.
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Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Just beyond them where there’s open grassland, there should also be a fuel break – a buffer zone cleared of vegetation.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024
The corridor was set up as a buffer zone in accordance with the 1978 Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, with the aim of controlling movement in and out of Gaza and preventing arms smuggling between the Egyptian Sinai and the Palestinian enclave.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
The bill would instruct drillers to set aside more money to plug their wells, authorize regulators to block risky sales to companies that would be unlikely to afford to clean up their wells and implement a buffer zone between wells and hospitals, schools, homes and other buildings.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 24 June 2024
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Vikram Mittal, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
Just beyond them where there’s open grassland, there should also be a fuel break – a buffer zone cleared of vegetation.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 17 Sep. 2024
The corridor was set up as a buffer zone in accordance with the 1978 Camp David Accords between Egypt and Israel, with the aim of controlling movement in and out of Gaza and preventing arms smuggling between the Egyptian Sinai and the Palestinian enclave.
—Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2024
The bill would instruct drillers to set aside more money to plug their wells, authorize regulators to block risky sales to companies that would be unlikely to afford to clean up their wells and implement a buffer zone between wells and hospitals, schools, homes and other buildings.
—Mark Olalde, ProPublica, 24 June 2024
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“Buffer zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffer%20zone. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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