zoned

• past participle

  past participle

  A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.

  of zone.
  zone

  noun

  any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The temperature lies outside the danger zone.
• past tense form

  past tense

  Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.

  of zone.
  zone

  noun

  any continuous area that differs in some respect, or is distinguished for some purpose, from adjoining areas, or within which certain distinctive circumstances exist or are established: The temperature lies outside the danger zone.

Example Sentences

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zoned

In the case of the Imperial Valley Data Center Campus, the roughly 75 acres of unincorporated land where it would go had already been zoned for data centers.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 14, 2026

Occasional experiences of “mindless eating” or “dissociative eating” are human; most of us have zoned out with a bag of chips at one point or another.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

While she has a reputation for being fiercely zoned into her training rather than chasing the spotlight, she has put work into the promotion.

From BBC ● Sep. 4, 2026

To set up manufacturing space on a lot zoned for retail, Leong and his wife opened Ando Café on the premises.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026

There was way more to this story, but after a while I zoned out, letting Hadley go on and on, just adding “Huh” and “Uh-huh” whenever she paused.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

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