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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 UK government's ambition of achieving net zero carbon emissions by 2050 could be undermined by its new deal on AI data centres, according to BBC research.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2026
With the worst of the monthly price declines likely in the past, building-cost inflation should ease to near zero through 2027, De Pasquale said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026
In the tech reset, semiconductor stocks are “ground zero for what’s happening right now,” said Keith Lerner, chief investment officer at Truist Wealth, in a phone interview Monday.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026
The Rams, the NFL’s top offense in yards per game, generated only 24 yards in 15 plays during their first five possessions and were zero for five on third down.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 2, 2026
“Oh, really? Well, if x is greater than or equal to zero, then x to the fourth power minus six times x squared plus nine equals the absolute value of x squared minus three.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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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
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
The proposal zeroes in on the fact that many billionaires’ wealth is largely tied up in noncash investments, such as stock, bonds, property or art.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
Conventional computers operate using bits -- streams of electrical or optical pulses that represent ones or zeroes.
From Science Daily ● Dec. 23, 2025
Archie had only his wits and a bunch of guys who were all big zeroes without him.
From "The Chocolate War" by Robert Cormier
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The Stanford University coders behind the search engine, Larry Page and Sergey Brin, had initially called their project Backrub before renaming it Google—a play on googol, meaning one followed by 100 zeros.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 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
Every operation -- such as applying a quantum gate -- influences more than 2 quadrillion complex numerical values, a "2" with 15 zeros.
From Science Daily ● May 11, 2026
It’s hard to say just why, but we humans love nice, round numbers with lots of zeros.
From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife
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Raman zeroed in on the issue of soaring electrical bills and the string of problems plaguing LAX’s elevated rail project.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 1, 2026
Investors zeroed in on comments by CEO Joanna Geraghty earlier Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 27, 2026
The night before, Teoscar Hernández had zeroed in on the Dodgers’ at-bats with runners in scoring position in his postgame comments.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
In New Zealand, a central bank meeting on Wednesday will be the key focus, with policymakers likely to stay zeroed in on inflation despite unemployment rising to its highest level in more than a decade.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Citra chilled when her piercing gray eyes zeroed in on her.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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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
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
Auditors reviewed $317,000 Boaz spent from 2022 to late 2024, zeroing in on about $18,000, much of it spent at restaurants and grocery stores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 5, 2026
As Ignatius was considering the delight which the little baseball game afforded humanity, the two sad and covetous eyes moved toward him through the crowd like torpedoes zeroing in on a great woolly tanker.
From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole
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