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
"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
He adds that China has increasingly been sending these "research" ships into Arctic waters between Alaska and the far east of Russia, including areas that the US considers its "exclusive economic zone".
From BBC • Jan. 18, 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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