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Recent Examples of zones
The coalition — composed of transit districts, town municipality groups and other transportation advocates — reported that without the state funding, more than 10,000 riders across 15 microtransit zones face the threat of service eliminations and have to seek other transportation alternatives.
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Sara Bedigian, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
For its part, Beijing could allow unfettered access to the internet in places where foreigners congregate, like tourist hotels, office buildings, and trade zones.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
If this applies to your property, then break the layout into zones.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
This is why the agency also incorporates standard zones and layers of protection that function as tripwires for potential threats.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
There was recently an article about an NYC politician who was caught numerous times speeding in school zones.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The firm describes its method as one that emphasizes early intake, ongoing supervision of files, and technology used to keep work from slipping into dead zones.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Rehabilitators Are Covering Massive Territory The crisis isn’t limited to the burn zones.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Its range exceeds 310 miles, allowing the A400M to release weapons far outside typical surface-to-air missile engagement zones.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
Sara Bedigian, Hartford Courant, 28 Apr. 2026
For its part, Beijing could allow unfettered access to the internet in places where foreigners congregate, like tourist hotels, office buildings, and trade zones.
—Andy Browne, semafor.com, 28 Apr. 2026
If this applies to your property, then break the layout into zones.
—Kelly Dawson, Architectural Digest, 28 Apr. 2026
This is why the agency also incorporates standard zones and layers of protection that function as tripwires for potential threats.
—Donald J. Mihalek, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
There was recently an article about an NYC politician who was caught numerous times speeding in school zones.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2026
The firm describes its method as one that emphasizes early intake, ongoing supervision of files, and technology used to keep work from slipping into dead zones.
—Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 27 Apr. 2026
Rehabilitators Are Covering Massive Territory The crisis isn’t limited to the burn zones.
—Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 27 Apr. 2026
Its range exceeds 310 miles, allowing the A400M to release weapons far outside typical surface-to-air missile engagement zones.
—Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zones
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This includes soaring gas prices at the pump, seesawing stock markets, rising food and fertilizer prices, higher shipping-insurance costs, and fuel shortages that have touched off violence, work stoppages, and profiteering in parts of Asia and Africa.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Very little offends me in a moral sense in the theater, but parts of this script came close.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Apr. 2026
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On Saturday, Moscow pummeled the central city of Dnipro and other areas for more than twenty hours with barrages of missiles and drones, killing at least seven people.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Salisbury Mayor Randy Taylor said the city and county have not had a formal reimbursement agreement for Salisbury Fire Department service to county areas for several years.—
Josh Davis,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Apr. 2026
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Though capping off a rainy month, this storm is only expected to bring a couple hundredths of an inch to two-tenths of an inch in its rainiest regions, Canepa added.—
Caelyn Pender,
Mercury News,
26 Apr. 2026
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This year’s Udine edition gathers 15 participants across project and career tracks for sessions with prominent buyers, financiers and co-production partners from both regions.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
26 Apr. 2026
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The Niners stuck their necks out in this draft class, particularly with Willis and especially with Duggar.—
Dieter Kurtenbach,
Mercury News,
25 Apr. 2026
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With its thin stem and oversized head, this brush is great for cleaning bottles with narrow necks or small openings.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Apr. 2026
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The Met Gala lands smack in the middle of that window, on Monday, May 4 — its traditional first-Monday-in-May slot.—
Hanna Wickes,
Miami Herald,
29 Apr. 2026
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American bison are native, and essential, to Fort Worth’s prairie lands.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Zones.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zones. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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