free zone

noun

: an area within which goods may be received and stored without payment of duty

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Mid-20th century, metafiction was all about producing a sort of free zone of uncertainty in the reader about whether they themselves might be caught within a story or the product of some author, or being manipulated by some storyteller at a higher ontological plane, a different plane of being. Emma Alpern, Vulture, 14 Mar. 2025 Entrepreneurs should select a free zone based on their business needs to capitalize on these specialized environments. Wayne Liang, Forbes, 11 Mar. 2025 The more exclusive invites — Madonna and Guy Oseary’s The Party or Beyoncé and Jay Z’s Gold Party, for instance — are press free zones. Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Mar. 2025 Along with the mainland, the UAE offers business setups in more than 46 free zones. Robin Philip, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free zone

Word History

First Known Use

1900, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of free zone was in 1900

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“Free zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free%20zone. Accessed 19 Apr. 2025.

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