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ground zero

noun

Definition of ground zero

as in center

a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest a city that was once ground zero for the insurance industry

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Recent Examples of ground zero Topline Ancient Egypt’s former capital is about to become ground zero for the world’s eclipse chasers. — Jamie Carter, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026 The Food and Drug Administration called out iceberg lettuce processed at a Taylor Farms facility in central Mexico as the likely ground zero for the waterborne parasite's recent spread. — Alex Harring, CNBC, 12 Aug. 2026 The public spotlight on what happened may have grown less intense, but the attention will again be turned to ground zero as people gather to read names and remember. — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026 Michigan is ground zero for cyclosporiasis, where more than 10,000 people have eaten something, likely lettuce, contaminated with microscopic pods containing Cyclospora parasites. — Pien Huang, NPR, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ground zero

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The latest forecast predicts the center will pass roughly 115 to 150 miles west of Kauai, close enough that any additional eastward shifts in the track could bring stronger winds and greater impacts, particularly to Kauai, the hurricane center said.

— Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026
The center makes the protection calls, and often, zone runs cut vertically toward the center.

— Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of center

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Consequently, the ramifications of Japan's policy changes are no longer confined to the yen and domestic markets, but are fast becoming a key variable influencing global interest rates and capital flows.

— , CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026
At the time, a conviction for a capital felony carried either life in prison without the possibility of parole or the death penalty.

— Greg Smith, Hartford Courant, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of capital

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The collaboration aims to develop a robust local supply chain and position India as a strategic manufacturing and export hub for advanced rocket systems.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
The airport is one of the busiest in the country, seeing some 26 million passengers board flights out of the hub in 2025, according to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of hub

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The barbecue mecca in Caldwell County is home to around 18,000 people and roughly a half-hour drive from south Austin, traffic depending.

— Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
The popular theatre was a cultural mecca that drew thousands to its operas, ballets and other public events, and hosted legendary greats including Maria Callas and Franco Zeffirelli.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of mecca

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Meeting them with greater comfort, and shifting the debt onto more favourable terms, will become a key focus of Laporta’s new term.

— Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
With so many of the buildings downtown with any kind of historic architectural significance already under landmark protections, Berman has shifted his focus to preserving properties with some kind of social importance.

— David Freedlander, Curbed, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of focus

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Among a section of the fan-base, such fears risked becoming ingrained.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
After a short ride across the base, the president’s motorcade pulled up the driveway of a brick building that had what looked like a cinderblock elevator shaft across from it.

— Sonya Ross For The Atlanta Journal-Contitution, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of base

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To create space for so much additional DNA, the nucleus enlarges.

— Carrie Arnold Contributing, Quanta Magazine, 2 Sep. 2026
The São Paolo neighborhood of Liberdade, often referred to as the city’s Japantown, has been the nucleus of the Japanese Brazilian community since then.

— Tomé Morrissy-Swan, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of nucleus

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Yarbo later acknowledged the core technical findings and began rolling out fixes.

— Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
But the core four aren’t the only transplants from Woodsboro, as Ghostface soon rears its ugly head, directly targeting them and whomever else is caught up in their orbit.

— Michael Lee Simpson, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Sep. 2026

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