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English word origin

Etymology of TMZ

The name of the organization was derived from the initialism of thirty-mile zone.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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noun

Initialism of thirty-mile zone.

name

A tabloid news organization.

Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventory

The name of the organization was derived from the initialism of thirty-mile zone.

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Dump: 2026-10-01 · Extracted: 2026-10-30. These are snapshot dates, not the word’s first attestation or the page’s revision date.

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Machine-source provenance
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