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His office would zero in on guns with a short “time to crime” from the initial sale and see if investigators could build leads from purchase records.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

Bengen found that if the 1968 retiree withdrew 4.66% annually, the account would be spent to zero in 30 years.

From Barron's • Apr. 19, 2026

“A whole generation of traders and economists have been brought up to zero in on a number that is invariably revised a month later.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

Then resist the urge to zero in on the option that confirms your own instincts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

A black hole is a zero in the equations of general relativity; the energy of the vacuum is a zero in the mathematics of quantum theory.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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