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Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
zonenounany continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The temperature lies outside the danger zone.
Example Sentences
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What are truly interesting are the differences between the two: The British are buying up free speech and the Americans are zoning it out.
From Slate ● Jul. 25, 2012
Also adding to housing costs are zoning boards that require houses to be built on increasingly larger plots, and builders who put up increasingly commodious houses.
From Time Magazine Archive
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