zero in

Example Sentences

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Executives zeroed in on the restaurants with the highest scores and then combed through menus item by item to determine which ones could withstand a price increase.

From The Wall Street Journal

At the Noble South, a farm-to-table restaurant, I opened the menu and zeroed in on—what else?—the seafood.

From The Wall Street Journal

This time around, talks are zeroing in on duty-free quotas for imported Australian beef, which the EU hopes to cap at around 30,000 tonnes per year, while Canberra wants access for 40,000 tonnes.

From Barron's

Perhaps the loudest: lobbyists and salespeople who have used open seating to zero in on a prospective client or lawmaker and plop down next to them for an in-flight pitch.

From The Wall Street Journal

In a poll released earlier this week, Albanese's net approval rating had plunged to minus 11 from his previous score of zero in November, while Ley's approval rating - never high - barely budged at minus 28.

From BBC