ground zero
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India has become ground zero for superfast deliveries—often in under 10 minutes—of everything from eggs to electronics, fueling a boom that has attracted billions of dollars from global companies and deep-pocketed investors.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026
“BDCs are ground zero for value opportunity,” says Stephen O’Neill, portfolio manager at RiverNorth, a specialist in closed-end fund and BDC investments.
From Barron's • Feb. 27, 2026
Nobody is exactly sure who originally coined the term, but ground zero, according to the internet historians at KnowYourMeme, might be a post made by Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez one day before the inauguration.
From Slate • Feb. 12, 2026
Elizabeth Taylor and Burton were ground zero of what we see today.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
It is at the zero hour of the big bang and the ground zero of the black hole that the mathematical equations that describe our world stop making sense.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
