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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As a result, the car can sprint from zero to 60 mph in two seconds flat and reach a top speed of 205 mph. — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Oct. 2026 Look at what happened when rates went from zero to four or five in SOFR. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026 There was just something really interesting about going from zero to 1,000 without any warning. — Christine Werthman, Billboard, 5 Oct. 2026 And the components doing the work—validation, transformation, reconciliation, monitoring—are worth building as reusable modules from day one, so the next modernization program doesn’t start from zero. — Sanchet Pachpute, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 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 11 Oct. 2026.

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