from zero
idiom
: from a point at which nothing has been done yet
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Create a detailed 90-day business plan to grow my [side hustle type] from zero to $3,000 per month.
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Home Start’s budget nearly tripled to more than $13 million, staff more than doubled to 115 individuals, strategic reserves went from zero to nearly $2 million, and the organization now owns five multi-unit residential properties as assets, according to the news release.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
The test is scored from zero to 10, with points assigned for sitting and rising added together.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 7 July 2025
The sentence for a single transportation count ranges from zero to ten years.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 July 2025
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Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 17 July 2025
Home Start’s budget nearly tripled to more than $13 million, staff more than doubled to 115 individuals, strategic reserves went from zero to nearly $2 million, and the organization now owns five multi-unit residential properties as assets, according to the news release.
—News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 July 2025
The test is scored from zero to 10, with points assigned for sitting and rising added together.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 7 July 2025
The sentence for a single transportation count ranges from zero to ten years.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Vulture, 3 July 2025
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“From zero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20zero. Accessed 1 Aug. 2025.
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