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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 At ground zero, relatives shared enduring grief and final phone calls, while organizers added a tribute for thousands sickened or killed by toxic dust long after the towers fell. — Jennifer Peltz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Feal founded the FealGood Foundation to help ground zero workers receive assistance, spread awareness and advocate, including lobbying members of Congress. — ABC News, 11 Sep. 2026 More than 2,000 miles from ground zero, thousands of flags were planted into West Sacramento soil to help sow the seeds of remembrance for the victims of the 9/11 terror attacks on the World Trade Center. — Ashley Sharp, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026 This comes after several school districts including the Sarasota County School Board, once ground zero for culture war issue disputes, are likely to experience a shift in political leaning come the general election. — Trinity Webster-Bass, Miami Herald, 3 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for ground zero

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These districts can be established within a city, county or cooperative area to create economic development projects like industrial sites, research facilities, job-training centers and distribution hubs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
The center will test uncrewed platforms under realistic operational conditions and threats, including degraded or denied communication environments.

— Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of center

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His American Dream Act would provide a five-year capital-gains tax exemption for homeowners 65 and older who sell their property to a first-time buyer.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Across industries, women continue to take on roles with greater control over capital, strategy and technology at some of the world’s most consequential businesses.

— CNBC.com staff, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of capital

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These districts can be established within a city, county or cooperative area to create economic development projects like industrial sites, research facilities, job-training centers and distribution hubs.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026
Nearly a quarter of the world’s internet traffic reportedly passes through northern Virginia; London is largely served by two hubs in the Docklands and Slough.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 27 Sep. 2026

Definition of hub

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Named for the massive cliffs that stretch across 32 miles of shoreline, Calvert Cliffs is also a mecca for fossil hunters.

— Katie Riley, Southern Living, 20 Sep. 2026
But for lovers of all things sweet and creamy, Cheesecake Funk is today a veritable mecca for those in the know.

— David Farley, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of mecca

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The company’s primary focus, for now, is industrial applications.

— Emily Forlini, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Alejandro Camacho, a professor at UCLA’s School of Law with a focus on environmental law, said the type of claims Boulder is bringing against the companies could influence the justices’ ruling on this question.

— Callie Patteson, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of focus

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In its base case, about 11 million workers, roughly 7% of the workforce, would need to leave their occupations entirely, with a range of 6 million to 16 million.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2026
Yandy Diaz and Jonathan Aranda are on-base machines atop the Tampa order, while 23-year-old Junior Caminero (42 homers, 101 RBI) is already one of baseball’s premier run-producers.

— Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of base

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In a smaller number of these interactions, a photon may not break apart the nucleus but strike only a nucleon, generating no ‘forward’ neutrons.

— Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
In the early 1930s, scientists were just beginning to discover the extraordinary world hidden inside the atom, which is made up of a dense center, called the nucleus, with electrons orbiting around it.

— Andrea Richard, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of nucleus

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The experiments were not designed to demonstrate ignition or fusion gain, but to isolate and test this core compression principle.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2026
Shown on a 35mm print at Lincoln Center, this North American premiere was warmly received, with the core cast all on hand.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 26 Sep. 2026

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