buffer zone
Example Sentences
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That route, called the Traffic Separation Scheme, established one 2-mile-wide lane for entering and one 2-mile-wide lane for leaving the Persian Gulf, plus a 2-mile-wide buffer zone.
From MarketWatch • May 5, 2026
Katz had already announced the intention to create a buffer zone in the south of Lebanon earlier in the month.
From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026
The Turkish authorities have so far avoided the term "buffer zone" but options under review include deploying more troops and expanding technological surveillance systems, the official added.
From Barron's • Jan. 29, 2026
That would likely resemble a previous 1974 nonaggression pact that established a demilitarized buffer zone between the two countries.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
“He’s got an eleven-thousand-mile buffer zone from all this sweetness and light.”
From "Ungifted" by Gordon Korman
