as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a city that was once ground zero for the insurance industry
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Recent Examples of ground zero
Decision-Making While all functions are being reshaped by AI, decision-making is ground zero.
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Scotland has been a kind of ground zero for restrictions on free speech rights for the pro-life community.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The Cuckoo’s Nest/Zubie’s parking lot in Costa Mesa became ground zero for clashes between punks and cowboys.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
With its Black population reaching nearly 80 percent, Detroit is ground zero for this national injustice.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
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Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Scotland has been a kind of ground zero for restrictions on free speech rights for the pro-life community.
—Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 7 Sep. 2025
The Cuckoo’s Nest/Zubie’s parking lot in Costa Mesa became ground zero for clashes between punks and cowboys.
—Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 31 Aug. 2025
With its Black population reaching nearly 80 percent, Detroit is ground zero for this national injustice.
—Arick Wierson, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for ground zero
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground zero
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Schiff and Levin chose a TrueCare health center on Mesa Drive in Oceanside to deliver their message.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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The remaining contestants are placed in the center of a grid of 16 rooms, and asked to find the exit within 15 rounds.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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The suspect, identified as 22-year-old Tyler Robinson, was arrested and charged with capital murder.—
Bill Hutchinson,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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Jeevan Thomas, an editorial strategist with deep newsroom instincts, and Himanshu Kumar, a growth-minded technical operator, together have shown how modest capital, relentless focus on the audience, and meticulous process design can convert attention into revenue and then into meaningful exits.—
Jon Stojan,
USA Today,
25 Sep. 2025
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And the company reports compatibility with more donor bike styles, including commuter models, fatbikes, rear-hub ebikes and step-through frames.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lagos is known as the Algarve’s top surfing hub.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
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Adapted from Lawrence Osborne’s novel, the film finds Lord Doyle adrift in the Eastern gambling mecca of Macau as his past and debts catch up with him.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
25 Sep. 2025
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His Austin comedy club, Comedy Mothership, has been touted as a free speech mecca where comics don’t have to worry about cancel culture.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
19 Sep. 2025
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Kyiv was the focus of the overnight Russian strikes.—
David Brennan,
ABC News,
28 Sep. 2025
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Such was also the focus of the brand’s 2025 ad campaign — the first under Trotter — which pictured the hands of its artisans and brand ambassadors, including Tyler the Creator, Jack Antonoff, and Zadie Smith.—
Kati Chitrakorn,
CNN Money,
28 Sep. 2025
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The event is occurring at a Marine Corps base in Quantico, Virginia, a secure site an hour south of the nation's capital.—
Anne Flaherty,
ABC News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The videoboard showed Fry, a bandage applied beneath his nose and stretching to both cheeks, waving the flag on the third-base line as the crowd roared.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Genome sequencing includes both nuclear DNA -- the large, linear DNA in the cell's nucleus -- and the mitochondrial DNA, the smaller, circular DNA in the mitochondria, which is almost exclusively inherited from the mother.—
Julia Jacobo,
ABC News,
22 Sep. 2025
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These exist at extremely high temperatures and allow atomic nuclei to overcome their mutual repulsion and fuse, releasing vast amounts of energy.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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In all of these places, the broad availability of talent—whether as founders, knowledge workers, or highly skilled blue-collar workers—is viewed as one core element of the corporate ecosystem’s success.—
Peter Vanham,
Fortune,
2 Oct. 2025
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The new quad-core processor inside is likely doing a lot of heavy lifting there.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Ground zero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20zero. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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