exclusive economic zone

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the coastal water and sea bed around a country's shores, to which it claims exclusive rights for fishing, oil exploration, fishing, etcSometimes shortened to: economic zone

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Words nearby exclusive economic zone

exclusionist, exclusion principle, exclusive, Exclusive Brethren, exclusive disjunction, exclusive economic zone, exclusively, exclusive OR, exclusive OR circuit, exclusive representation, exclusivism

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Example sentences from the Web for exclusive economic zone

“The US cannot tolerate the idea of any rival economic entity,” Stone writes.
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Andrew still plans to fly to Davos in Switzerland for the World Economic Forum on January 21, representing the British government.
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In the wee hours of Christmas morning, a flight deal was shared in an exclusive Facebook group for urban travelers.
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What they believe impacts economic policy, foreign policy, education policy, environmental policy, you name it.
The Evangelical Apocalypse Is All Your Fault|Jay Michaelson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST

In a remote location with little means for economic development, the Brogpas have cultivating this identity to their advantage.
The Himalayas’ Hidden Aryans|Nina Strochlic|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This has a warm though a thin soil, which must be highly favorable to the Vine to induce so exclusive a devotion to it.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley
Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
If there is everywhere complete economic freedom, then there will ensue in consequence a régime of social justice.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
Prices such as are indicated here were dismissed by the earlier economist as mere economic curiosities.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
True, in such a case as this, "economic strength" would probably be broken down by the intrusion of physical violence.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock

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