below zero
Example Sentences
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That makes TOI-199b far milder than hot Jupiters, while also being dramatically warmer than the frozen gas giants in our own solar system, where temperatures can plunge hundreds of degrees below zero.
From Science Daily • May 22, 2026
"We were people who had money. Now, we've fallen below zero."
From BBC • May 13, 2026
That’s driven natural gas prices well below zero, meaning that producers have to pay buyers to take it away.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
Having realized its error, the ECB cut its key rate in November, initiating a lengthy sequence that eventually took borrowing costs below zero.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026
Ten or twelve below zero every morning, and when it warmed up to zero or so in the afternoon, it snowed.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
