from zero

phrase

: from a point at which nothing has been done yet
You'll have to start from zero if you can't find your notes.

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India's Venezuelan crude imports have risen from zero in March to 383,000 barrels per day so far in August, according to Kpler data. Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026 Social creators can develop episodic content without rebuilding the same world from zero each time. Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Nance co-authored a research letter in JAMA Pediatrics finding that the number of states where guns were the leading cause of death for children and teens increased from zero over the period 2004 to 2008 to 24 from 2019 to 2023. Yona Gavino, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026 Containment lines around the Hawk Fire on Monday went from zero to 27%, and fire crews appear to have stopped the blaze from reaching the community of Somersett in northwest Reno, fire officials said at a news conference earlier Tuesday. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 25 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for from zero

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“From zero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20zero. Accessed 28 Aug. 2026.

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