twilight zone

noun

1
a
: an area just beyond ordinary legal and ethical limits
2
: a world of fantasy or illusion

Examples of twilight zone in a Sentence

He gets lost in the twilight zone of video games.
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Hamas was regrouping amid the lack of war without giving up additional hostages On Mar. 1, the ceasefire entered a twilight zone. Daniel Estrin, NPR, 19 Mar. 2025 In this twilight zone, extreme closeups of Maddie and Frank’s terrified eyes, the sudden depiction of the road in soft focus, and the forest’s AI-like rendering are downright disorienting. Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 14 Mar. 2025 That’s pushed millions in funding already promised to small nonprofits, or yet to be awarded, into the twilight zone. Jesse Bedayn, Chicago Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025 Since the ecosystem is an untouched resource, fisheries have begun to express interest in extracting fish from the twilight zone, Beltran said. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for twilight zone

Word History

First Known Use

1908, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of twilight zone was in 1908

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“Twilight zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/twilight%20zone. Accessed 31 Mar. 2025.

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