zone

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as in area
a part or portion having no fixed boundaries at that point we were out of the danger zone for avalanches

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Recent Examples of zone With Blair playing as the distributor in the middle of Dougherty Valley’s zone, the 6-foot-7 forward found Balogun inside and Patton on the perimeter for easy buckets. Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2025 Fertilizer should be applied evenly over the shrub's root zone. Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 15 Feb. 2025 Burn zones are prone to debris flows during storms. Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2025 Cooking with multiple zones also required difficult and often confusing recipe conversions, and cooktimes stretched quite long. Matthew Korfhage, WIRED, 6 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for zone 
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zone
Noun
  • The extreme cold in comes as other regions of the country are expected to see dangerous winter conditions this week.
    Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2025
  • Years of bad weather in the key cocoa-producing region of West Africa and the cocoa swollen shoot virus disease have hampered production.
    Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • After having taken a liking to the languages of the area, specifically Bengali, Clint returned to the U.S. and attended the University of Chicago to get his graduate degree in South Asian languages and civilizations.
    Shanzeh Ahmad, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • The offerings include a 25-meter indoor swimming pool, a state-of-the-art fitness center, a wellness area, gaming rooms, and a theater.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article A former Merrillville man was sentenced Friday to 3.5 years in prison for fatally stabbing a man in the neck outside a Merrillville hotel in August 2023.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • She is also said to have had marks on her neck and hemorrhaging in her eyes.
    Scott Thompson, Fox News, 14 Feb. 2025
Noun
  • The Octagon is heading Down Under as UFC 312 lands in Australia with a fight card that's loaded with action.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 9 Feb. 2025
  • And yet, hundreds of species of wildlife, on land and within the waters of the reserve, live on.
    Justin Meneguzzi, Travel + Leisure, 8 Feb. 2025

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“Zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zone. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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