economic zone
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Japan said the missiles had fallen in waters outside the country’s exclusive economic zone.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026
A nation’s exclusive economic zone typically extends as much as 230 miles from its coastline and under maritime law gives that nation exclusive rights over fishing, oil and gas exploration, and other resources.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026
With overseas territories across the Pacific, Caribbean and Indian oceans, France has the second-largest maritime exclusive economic zone in the world after the United States.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 23, 2026
The cable damaged Wednesday is owned by Finnish telecoms group Elisa and located in Estonia's exclusive economic zone.
From Barron's • Jan. 1, 2026
That, in combination with the advent of the euro as a common currency, has created a single economic zone out of a region once divided by an Iron Curtain.
From "The World Is Flat" by Thomas L. Friedman
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