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ground zero

noun as in goal

noun as in object

Strongest match

noun as in objective

noun as in target

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For Elon Musk, ground zero of the AI arms race is a 114-acre tract of grass and swamp on the state line of Tennessee and Mississippi.

MEMPHIS—For Elon Musk, ground zero of the artificial intelligence arms race is a 114-acre tract of grass and swamp on the state line of Tennessee and Mississippi.

Greene and Greene would produce over a hundred “California Bungalows,” including their larger “Ultimate Bungalows,” and the Craftsman fever that followed would make Pasadena ground zero for California Craftsman, and the Craftsman movement nationwide.

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Since June, Southern California has been ground zero of thousands of immigration arrests as well as legal battles over whether the raids violate the U.S.

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The Greater Los Angeles area is “ground zero for the effects of the border crisis,” his lawyers told the Supreme Court this month.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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