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ozone

[oh-zohn, oh-zohn] / ˈoʊ zoʊn, oʊˈzoʊn /


NOUN
ozone layer
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The Strait of Hormuz is a crucial shipping chokepoint for Persian Gulf energy exports, other chemicals like ozone, and fertilizer.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

The Strait of Hormuz is a crucial shipping chokepoint for Persian Gulf energy exports, other chemicals like ozone, and fertilizer.

From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026

Not the good, high-altitude ozone that shields us from dangerous UV light, but bad ozone, hovering right above ground level — stinking, brownish, grayish photochemical smog.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026

Halley VI is focused on space and atmospheric data, as well as studying the Brunt Ice Shelf on which it's located close to the coast, and the hole in the Earth's ozone layer.

From BBC • Feb. 22, 2026

The ozone abundance is so small that germicidal ultraviolet radiation from the Sun strikes the Martian surface unimpeded.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan