exclusive economic zone
noun
: the area of sea and seabed extending from the shore of a country claiming exclusive rights to it
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In the busy summer leading up to the 2024 election, other Republicans submitted bills proposing to rename Dulles International Airport for Trump, to print $500 bills with his portrait on it, and to name the country’s coastal exclusive economic zone for Trump.
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
The cable that broke on Sunday linked the Latvian town of Ventspils with Sweden’s Gotland island, and was damaged in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone, the Latvian navy said.
—Reuters, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
An exclusive economic zone extends 200 nautical miles from a country's coastline, granting that state sole rights to natural resources under maritime law.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
According to the Philippine military, the MCA was carried out near Palawan, which is the country's westernmost province in waters in the South China Sea that fall within Manila's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2025
The cable that broke on Sunday linked the Latvian town of Ventspils with Sweden’s Gotland island, and was damaged in Sweden’s exclusive economic zone, the Latvian navy said.
—Reuters, CNN, 26 Jan. 2025
An exclusive economic zone extends 200 nautical miles from a country's coastline, granting that state sole rights to natural resources under maritime law.
—Kevin Lynn, Newsweek, 6 Jan. 2025
According to the Philippine military, the MCA was carried out near Palawan, which is the country's westernmost province in waters in the South China Sea that fall within Manila's 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Exclusive economic zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exclusive%20economic%20zone. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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