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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These machines can crunch numbers at blinding speeds—more than a quintillion (that’s a one followed by 18 zeroes) operations a second—assuming they can be fed data fast enough.

— Iain Martin, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026
This finding offered a new way for Wei and his colleagues to hunt for unexpected zeros of the zeta function.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 6 Aug. 2026

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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
In common with the rest of the Emira range, there is now a targa roof option with a removable glass panel that unclips, zips into a bag, and slots behind the two seats.

— Tim Pitt, Robb Report, 22 July 2026

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