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noun

a region surrounding a broadcasting station that cannot receive transmissions either directly or by reflection off the ionosphere

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Words nearby skip zone

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How to use skip zone in a sentence

Ultimately, 2015 might be the year American anti-LGBT advocates wish they could skip.
‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage|Tim Mak|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Strong currents and winds, however, mean any debris could be drifting up to 31 miles a day eastward, away from the impact zone.
Wreckage, Bodies of AirAsia Crash Found|Lennox Samuels|December 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But failing that, he advised pro-immigration reform Republican candidates such as former Gov. Jeb Bush to just skip the state.
Can This Republican Bring the GOP Back to Its Senses on Immigration?|Tim Mak|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
For instance, Best Buy has over 40 million members in its customer loyalty program, Reward Zone.
Best Buy Punches Back at Amazon|William O’Connor|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST

By drawing boundaries against wrongful conduct, law provides a protective zone of freedom within those boundaries.
Red Tape Is Strangling Good Samaritans|Philip K. Howard|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Worst danger zone, the open sea, now traversed, but on land not yet out of the wood.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
When well stained, a delicate hyaline peripheral zone can be distinguished.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
A plaque upon a red corpuscle is surrounded by a colorless zone rather than by a distinct blue body.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
It was of a cylindrical shape, having a deep zone at the equator, and a containing capacity of about 300 feet.
Asbestos|Robert H. Jones
Well, though they do muster strong, we may make Edward's party skip for all that; if we have but justice on our side.
The Battle of Hexham;|George Colman