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  • noun Plural form of zone.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of zone.

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Examples

  • Such zones or areas are called _erogenous zones_ -- the word erogenous means love-generating.

    Woman Her Sex and Love Life William J. Robinson

  • They stayed inside the zones and projected their images outside, and used rays _through the zones_.

    Skylark Three Hans Waldemar Wessolowski 1927

  • What we want to see, what the Airline Pilots Association would like to see, are what we call zones of protection.

    CNN Transcript Sep 29, 2001 2001

  • And Ralph just make sure - FEMA has been renewed and we did expand that to what they call zones 3 and 4 again which now cover the 48 states.

    Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • And Ralph just make sure - FEMA has been renewed and we did expand that to what they call zones 3 and 4 again which now cover the 48 states.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • And Ralph just make sure - FEMA has been renewed and we did expand that to what they call zones 3 and 4 again which now cover the 48 states.

    Healthcare Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha 2010

  • And Ralph just make sure - FEMA has been renewed and we did expand that to what they call zones 3 and 4 again which now cover the 48 states.

    SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page 2010

  • Each Seattle Grace person was teamed up with a Mercy West counterpart in what they called zones, in order to better distribute patients.

    BuddyTV 2009

  • "We think investors will have little choice but to buy with the Golden Week holiday approaching, and considering that no auctions are scheduled for the superlong and long-term zones until the 10-year auction on May 12," he said.

    Japan's 10-Year Yield Hits One-Month Low Andrew Monahan 2011

  • The Supreme Court sustained military detention authority of those detainees captured in zones of active combat in 2004 in Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, so President Obama is on firm legal ground should he choose to limit military detention to those circumstances.

    Wonk Room » Cleaning Up the Mess at Guantanamo 2009

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