Illustration of time zone
- A Pacific time
- B mountain time
- C central time
- D eastern time
time zone
noun
: a geographic region within which the same standard time is used
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The next puzzle will be available at midnight in your time zone.
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Mark Cooper, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Video conferencing, direct messaging and collaborative platforms bridge time zones and close geographical gaps.
—Shirin Ali, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
After that, the system confirmed our language, region, and time zone before asking to connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi to download an update.
—ArsTechnica, 4 June 2025
There’s something exquisitely derailing about spiraling into a plush-toy addiction while emotionally regressing at your mother’s house in Chiang Mai—jet-lagged across three time zones, spiritually bankrupt, and one herbal compress away from a full breakdown.
—Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 31 May 2025
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Mark Cooper, New York Times, 6 June 2025
Video conferencing, direct messaging and collaborative platforms bridge time zones and close geographical gaps.
—Shirin Ali, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
After that, the system confirmed our language, region, and time zone before asking to connect to the Internet via Wi-Fi to download an update.
—ArsTechnica, 4 June 2025
There’s something exquisitely derailing about spiraling into a plush-toy addiction while emotionally regressing at your mother’s house in Chiang Mai—jet-lagged across three time zones, spiritually bankrupt, and one herbal compress away from a full breakdown.
—Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 31 May 2025
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“Time zone.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/time%20zone. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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