buffer zone

noun

: a neutral area separating conflicting forces

broadly : an area designed to separate

Examples of buffer zone in a Sentence

There must be a 500-foot buffer zone between the river and the new buildings.

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As part of this month's ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas, Gazans would now be allowed to travel to the north, and Monday's opening of that buffer zone gave more than 1 million people the opportunity to return home for the first time in months. —

Ruwaida Amer, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025 During the first phase, Israeli Defense Forces will also gradually withdraw to a buffer zone in Gaza, near the border with Israel. —

Barak Ravid, Axios, 19 Jan. 2025 When the fighting stops In the cease-fire’s first phase, Israeli troops are to pull back into a buffer zone about a half-mile wide inside Gaza, along its borders with Israel. —

Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2025 Palestinians accuse Israel of seeking to permanently depopulate northern Gaza to create a buffer zone. —

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