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 In sharded clusters, you can create :term:`zones <zone>` of sharded data based
 on the :term:`shard key`. You can associate each zone with one or more shards
-in the cluster. A shard can associate with any number of non-conflicting
-zones. In a balanced cluster, MongoDB migrates :term:`chunks <chunk>` covered
-by a zone only to those shards associated with the zone. 
+in the cluster. A shard can associate with any number of zones. In a balanced 
+cluster, MongoDB migrates :term:`chunks <chunk>` covered by a zone only to 
+those shards associated with the zone.