exclusive economic zone

noun

: the area of sea and seabed extending from the shore of a country claiming exclusive rights to it

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Earlier this month, sea and aerial drones attacked two other commercial vessels in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone. — ABC News, 16 Oct. 2026 The incidents on Tuesday, for which Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev said Russia was likely responsible, came a week after sea and aerial drones struck two other commercial vessels in Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone in the Black Sea. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Those attacks occurred within Bulgaria’s exclusive economic zone. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 The latest attacks come after two ships were attacked by marine and aerial drones last week inside Bulgaria’s Black Sea exclusive economic zone. — Svitlana Vlasova, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exclusive economic zone

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First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of exclusive economic zone was in 1975

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