adjective
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The R2’s new zonal control architecture is neatly loomed to three big processors.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 27, 2026
Like Rangnick, Kleitsch had been an instrumental figure in the shift to zonal marking, and he was also credited with making Stuttgart into a conveyor belt of world-class youth talent.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
Highlighted are Chelsea's five zonal defenders, with Palmer and Neto keeping an eye on Chelsea's wingers lurking.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2026
Serbia set up to defend the corner in a zonal fashion, staying in specific zones.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2025
The augite is mostly brown, often with a purplish tinge, hardly at all dichroic, but frequently showing zonal or hour-glass structure, and various types of twinning.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 3, Part 1, Slice 3 "Banks" to "Bassoon" by Various
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