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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Some Israeli officials have voiced support for emptying the area of Palestinians as a way to form a buffer zone.
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
On Thursday, Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon, including areas beyond the buffer zone declared by the United Nations after Israel and Hezbollah fought a monthlong war in 2006.
—Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
But Israel is unlikely to trust U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanese troops to keep Hezbollah out of a reestablished buffer zone in Lebanon.
—Baraa Anwer and Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Satellite imagery has also shown North Korea building a wall-like structure along parts of the North Korean side of the demarcation zone, a 2.5-mile-thick buffer zone, half on each side of the border line.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 24 July 2024
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Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024
On Thursday, Israel warned people to evacuate communities in southern Lebanon, including areas beyond the buffer zone declared by the United Nations after Israel and Hezbollah fought a monthlong war in 2006.
—Bassem Mroue The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 5 Oct. 2024
But Israel is unlikely to trust U.N. peacekeepers and Lebanese troops to keep Hezbollah out of a reestablished buffer zone in Lebanon.
—Baraa Anwer and Sarah El Deeb, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2024
Satellite imagery has also shown North Korea building a wall-like structure along parts of the North Korean side of the demarcation zone, a 2.5-mile-thick buffer zone, half on each side of the border line.
—Stella Kim, NBC News, 24 July 2024
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“Buffer zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/buffer%20zone. Accessed 2 Dec. 2024.
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