twilight zone
noun
1
a
: an area just beyond ordinary legal and ethical limits
2
: a world of fantasy or illusion
Examples of twilight zone in a Sentence
He gets lost in the twilight zone of video games.
Recent Examples on the Web
The Russian State and Society at a Crossroads: The twilight zone, from Russian Futures 2030, European Institute for Security Studies, published August 2020.
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
Although surface waters weren't atypically warm when Foster and her team took their measurements, the twilight zone waters neared 84 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius)—far above the 68- to 75-degree range in which mesophotic corals thrive.
—Carolyn Wilke, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2024
The campaign rhetoric ignores the practical questions these calls raise — starting with the weird legislative and military twilight zone that armed conflict with cartels would occupy.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Within the twilight zone, researchers were surprised to discover that more than half of the unique gene clusters found belonged to fungi.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
Not that long ago, the ocean’s twilight zone was considered relatively devoid of life.
—WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
The reasoning behind these aggregations is yet another twilight zone mystery whose answer may eventually be brought out of the deep and into the light.
—Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2021
Cookiecutter sharks generally live the oceanic ‘twilight zone’ in depths to 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) and eat fish, squid, and crustaceans.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Below the twilight zone is the midnight zone, which is from 3,300 to 10,000 feet.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 23 Feb. 2024
Although surface waters weren't atypically warm when Foster and her team took their measurements, the twilight zone waters neared 84 degrees Fahrenheit (29 degrees Celsius)—far above the 68- to 75-degree range in which mesophotic corals thrive.
—Carolyn Wilke, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2024
The campaign rhetoric ignores the practical questions these calls raise — starting with the weird legislative and military twilight zone that armed conflict with cartels would occupy.
—Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Within the twilight zone, researchers were surprised to discover that more than half of the unique gene clusters found belonged to fungi.
—Christian Thorsberg, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Jan. 2024
Not that long ago, the ocean’s twilight zone was considered relatively devoid of life.
—WIRED, 9 Dec. 2023
The reasoning behind these aggregations is yet another twilight zone mystery whose answer may eventually be brought out of the deep and into the light.
—Jack Feerick, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2021
Cookiecutter sharks generally live the oceanic ‘twilight zone’ in depths to 3,300 feet (1,000 meters) and eat fish, squid, and crustaceans.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 7 Sep. 2023
Below the twilight zone is the midnight zone, which is from 3,300 to 10,000 feet.
—Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2023
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“Twilight zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight%20zone. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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