goose eggs

plural of goose egg
as in zeroes
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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zeros
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  • The fertilizer bag display of N-P-K should have a bigger number in the first place and either zeros or smaller numbers for the other two nutrients, like 32-0-10.
    Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025
  • The name was an accidental misspelling of googol, a term coined by a mathematician’s young son to describe a 1 with 100 zeros after it.
    ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 22 Sep. 2025
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“Goose eggs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/goose%20eggs. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.

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