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economic zone

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noun

  1. another term for exclusive economic zone

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The U.S. will occupy the site rent-free and administer it as a special economic zone.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

"Even if we come to the creation of a free economic zone, we will need fair and reliable rules," Zelensky said.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 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

Though made up of tiny islands, Micronesia’s exclusive economic zone is larger than Greenland’s because it stretches over a vast area of ocean.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 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