sphere; circle; range; category
inside (a region, area, etc.); within the range (of); within the sphere (of influence, etc.)
outside (a region, area, etc.); out of range (of a mobile network, radar, etc.); outside the sphere (of influence, etc.); out of contention; out of reach
safety zone; buffer (e.g. against defeat)
one's daily milieu; neighbourhood; neighborhood; zone of life; sphere of life
Greater Tokyo Metropolitan area; metropolitan area (of a capital)
economic bloc; ecosystem (of services, goods, etc. within a company or consortium)
polar circle; polar region
English-speaking world; English-speaking countries; Anglosphere
(within) walking distance
within the sphere of influence (of)
outside Earth's atmosphere; outer space; exoatmosphere; exo-atmosphere
gravitational sphere (of a celestial body); gravitational field
within Earth's atmosphere; inner space
Arctic Circle; the Arctic
urban area; metropolitan area; metropolitan region
greater metropolitan area; megalopolis; conurbation
Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
communist bloc; Iron Curtain
business region; marketing area; commercial sphere; trading area; region in which a business operates
emphasis mark (used in Japanese text in a way similar to underlining)
air defense identification zone; ADIZ
Islamic world; Muslim world
gravitational field (of a celestial body); sphere of gravitation; gravisphere
Antarctic Circle; the Antarctic
German-speaking countries; German language sphere
French-speaking world; francophone world; francophonie
wider Kinki region (Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Shiga, Wakayama and Fukui prefectures); wider Kansai area
countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
eurozone; euro zone; euro area
sphere (e.g. of knowledge, influence)
Greater China (incl. Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and sometimes Singapore); Sinosphere
out of the range of communication
public sphere; public domain
Chinese-character cultural sphere; Sinosphere; countries where Chinese characters are used or were historically used
Tokyo area (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba); Tokyo region
sinophone world; Chinese-speaking world
Chūkyō metropolitan area (most of Aichi, and parts of Gifu and Mie prefectures; centered around Nagoya); Chūkyō region
stratoplane (hypothetical type of airplane)
Spanish-speaking world; Spanish-speaking countries
center versus periphery theory
Coordination Committee on Multilateral Export Controls
(having a) good chance of being elected; being in the running
surroundings; vicinity; periphery
non-English-speaking world; non-Anglosphere
gnomonic chart; great-circle chart; great-circle map
hour circle; circle of declination
gnomonic projection (in cartography); central projection
great circle sailing route
biosphere reserve (UNESCO)
traffic area; traffic block
harm zone; people who will suffer the negative effects of new public facilities, infrastructure, etc. (e.g. pollution)
member states of the former Soviet bloc
beneficiary zone; people who will enjoy the benefits of new public facilities, infrastructure, etc.
Kansai area; Kansai region
polar stratospheric cloud
countries that do not use Chinese characters in their writing; non-kanji countries
Grothendieck's Galois theory