Thesaurus results for GOOSE EGGS

goose eggs

noun

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 sizes vary from size four all the way down to zero, but even the zeros weren’t small enough.

— Marti Noxon, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026
Each number is expressed with three additional zeroes, yet going from a million to a billion requires adding 999 million.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2026

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That can include robotic arm at the stalls, or a single robot arm on a rail over the stalls that zips back and forth handling the plug.

— Brad Templeton, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Wood was asked about a golf outing where a friend’s father showed up in a traditional dress code, only to find the rest of the group in quarter-zips and in vests from a brand that shall go unnamed but is synonymous with New York’s Wall Street.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

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