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.
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My congregants leave our church at 164th St. with spirits lifted and souls at peace only to enter a twilight zone of no-parking and no-turning signs and arrows that confuse many and often lead to hefty fines.
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Patrick O'Connor, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
For the first hour or so, Deshe’s film focuses on the mental torture of staying put: living in a twilight zone that comes to resemble a dystopian sci-fi movie (there are hints of Tarkovsky’s Stalker).
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 2 July 2024
The Russian State and Society at a Crossroads: The twilight zone, from Russian Futures 2030, European Institute for Security Studies, published August 2020.
—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
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Patrick O'Connor, New York Daily News, 9 July 2024
For the first hour or so, Deshe’s film focuses on the mental torture of staying put: living in a twilight zone that comes to resemble a dystopian sci-fi movie (there are hints of Tarkovsky’s Stalker).
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 2 July 2024
The Russian State and Society at a Crossroads: The twilight zone, from Russian Futures 2030, European Institute for Security Studies, published August 2020.
—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
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“Twilight zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight%20zone. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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