Example Sentences

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Plath writes of "snares," "Zeroes, shutting on nothing," and "wires."

From Salon • Mar. 8, 2022

“Computers ... pursue accelerating, exponential paths, proliferating, miniaturising, stringing themselves together,” wrote Plant in Zeroes and Ones, a caffeinated 1997 book about the development of computing.

From The Guardian • May 11, 2017

Few who saw Warpaint’s first Troubadour gig in 2007 opening for Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes could have predicted either band’s trajectory.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2016

Zeroes are Uber’s term for riders who open the app and see no available cars in their area.

From Time • Dec. 15, 2014

The best known of the bunch is Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes.

From New York Times • Aug. 14, 2013