goose eggs

plural of goose egg
as in zeros
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it was such a bad bowler that his final score was a big, fat goose egg

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Recent Examples of goose eggs In one of the biggest private-equity goose eggs on record, Thoma Bravo will lose its entire $5 billion equity stake. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 18 June 2026 Pritchard has been a hit-or-miss scorer of late, notching single-digit point totals in four of his last eight games, including goose eggs against Philadelphia and Charlotte. Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 9 Mar. 2026
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  • Those bits are oriented as either ones or zeroes, indicating on/off switches that make up the basic inputs of any task performed by a computer.
    Emily Chang, ABC News, 22 June 2026
  • The Skippers pushed their advantage to 6-0 before the clock hit triple zeroes in the opening frame.
    Brendan Connelly, Boston Herald, 9 June 2026
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  • By June 19, the remnants of Arthur will get quickly mixed up with an advancing cold front as its remaining circulation zips eastward through Georgia and the Carolinas and into the western Atlantic, said WPLG-TV hurricane specialist Michael Lowry in an email to USA TODAY.
    Doyle Rice, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Written by David Koepp, Spielberg’s most frequent collaborator, from a story conceived by Spielberg, Disclosure Day zips two stories together like strands of DNA.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 9 June 2026

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“Goose eggs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose%20eggs. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.

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