Thesaurus results for GROUND ZERO

ground zero

noun

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 Marwa Yazbek is from Dihariya, a Hezbollah stronghold in southern Beirut, which was ground zero for Israeli strikes when the war broke out. —

Nbc News, NBC news, 24 Apr. 2026 The country has become ground zero for the global Islamist terror threat. —

Paul Tilsley, FOXNews.com, 12 Apr. 2026 In the original state of nature, ground zero of social contract theory, a group of people would come together to decide on the principles that would permit them to live together in an orderly community. —

George G. Szpiro, Big Think, 9 Apr. 2026 This was peak space-race America, and Houston was ground zero, with NASA’s Johnson Space Center miles away. —

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As part of the city’s annual budget process, San Diego Mayor Todd Gloria released a 40-page analysis in April ranking the city’s 56 recreation centers based on what the report considered their importance to their communities.

— Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
The work is part of a larger effort statewide to update the National Guard’s armories, as renovations in recent years have either been completed or are planned at many readiness centers, including those in Brainerd, New Ulm, Marshall, Moorhead and Fergus Falls.

— Elliot Mann, Twin Cities, 29 May 2026