zero
Frequently Asked Questions
- Four minus four is zero.
- The temperature is expected to drop below zero.
- If we don’t play, the chance of us winning is zero.
- The school had a zero tolerance policy on bullying.
- Please zero these columns by removing all the values.
Example Sentences
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The average number of 100 degree days in downtown Los Angeles in a typical October has been closer to zero than one since the weather service began keeping records.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 5, 2026
The upside-down life ensures peak performance at 200 miles an hour during the race, which takes place Sunday night, and zero adjustment when they return to Europe.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026
It consists of 20 questions, each scoring between zero and two, with a maximum score of 40.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
Scotland had 25 shots to nine, 10 on target to zero.
From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026
I haven’t been carried since I was a toddler, and it’s a weird feeling, bounce-rolling toward the auditorium exit with zero control over where I’m going.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Users go to AI bots for everything from recipes to life and relationship advice, even forming one-sided platonic or romantic relationships with the ones and zeroes that make up this digital ether behind a screen.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Instead, he zeroes in on their clashing worldviews.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026
She zeroes in on the singer-songwriter’s frequent choice of yellow costuming and golden headwear, callouts to Yoruba culture and its spirits.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026
The concept of “Barista FIRE,” for instance, zeroes in on saving enough money to live off investments for most expenses, then taking a part-time job to cover the remaining costs.
From Barron's ● Jan. 10, 2026
A piece of paper large enough to have all the zeroes in a googolplex written out explicitly could not be stuffed into the known universe.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
“They emphasized that we wanted zeros in our reports,” Peggy Dixon wrote in a 97-page affidavit about her work.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Now Wall Street zeros in on rate hike in September.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 30, 2026
If you’re not, you’ve got to use money, which is hard to get, whereas you get shares by typing zeros into a spreadsheet.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
You could take several zeros off the $200 million Steyer spent on his campaign and it would still be more than most of us make in a lifetime.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2026
When the spotlight zeros in on her and the song begins, it only takes one note before the whole bar loses it.
From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy
They zeroed in on Kao’s relationship with Collins.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Those loans passed through entities controlled by four businesses—ABS Capital, Amistad Financial, Bradford Allen and Hudson Trading—which federal prosecutors have zeroed in on, the Journal reported.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 23, 2026
From Washington, D.C., to Rhode Island to Oregon, federal judges nominated by presidents from both parties, including Donald Trump, have zeroed in on what’s called “the presumption of regularity.”
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
Investors zeroed in on United’s potentially fatter jet-fuel bill — the airline said it expects nearly $6 billion in additional fuel expenses for the year, based on crude prices as of Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
My eyes fluttered open and zeroed in on the glowing green digits of my alarm clock.
From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas
These strange laws of existence provide the framework for Ullom’s excellent social observations, zeroing in on each character’s relationship to this new world and comparing it to the old one.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2026
By zeroing in on specifics, Mr. Ross arrives at many phrases and couplets that are appearing in a song for the first time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
But public health officials finally appear to be zeroing in on what’s causing it.
From Slate ● Jul. 17, 2026
Cyberscammers are zeroing in on the heightened emotions people are feeling surrounding the World Cup, said Sgt.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Finn blinked at the boy in front of him, his eyes zeroing in on that famous Rude underbite.
From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby
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