buffer zone
Example Sentences
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Developer Mitsui Fudosan plans a "green buffer zone" of up to 78 metres with trees and a stream, reducing the noise, the heat and the "oppressive feeling", said project manager Toshitsugu Jouzuka.
From Barron's ● Jul. 17, 2026
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
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
All of these things are possible: we’ve both reached that borderline age, that buffer zone in which it can still be believed such tricks will work if you avoid bright sunlight.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
