ground zeros

plural of ground zero

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground zeros
Noun
  • Painter centers on a young woman, trained from a young age, who must employ every skill in her arsenal to rescue her father after he is kidnapped.
    Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Much of the consternation centers around a 120-foot cell tower located 130 feet from the school.
    Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • While Big Band music has roots tracing back to New Orleans, its major hubs included New York, Chicago and Kansas City.
    Alexa Stone Updated October 21, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Terranea Cove Beach Rancho Palos Verdes is a coastal enclave in southern Los Angeles County that provides a slower pace than the city’s more populous hubs.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There are three competing impulses from three capitals.
    Happymon Jacob, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • For example, applicants from Afghanistan would largely need to apply in Islamabad, Pakistan, and those from Russia would need to apply from the capitals of Poland, Kazakhstan or Uzbekistan.
    Alia Shoaib, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Test yourself on melon meccas and revolutionary roots in this week's American Culture Quiz.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 29 Aug. 2025
  • The summer pastures near Prospect Mountain feature fisheries, expansive water rights dating back to the early 1900s, and rock-climbing meccas.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • However, the nuclei of some atoms of hydrogen feature one proton and one neutron, too.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Some nuclei will be stable against decays, others will undergo one or more decays (radioactively) before producing a stable end-product.
    Big Think, Big Think, 16 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • And in both cases, the women break the men's hearts by rejecting them and leaving them in tears.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The academy is a crucible for human formation, a place where minds and hearts are forged in the fire of inquiry, reflection, complexity and nuance.
    MSNBC Newsweek, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The hustle & bustle of being near stock, options & commodities exchanges and working in pristine buildings that were the nerve centers of American enterprise & entrepreneurship.
    Kenneth G. Winans, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • One of the Royal Film Commission’s main focuses is to host productions that can elevate the country’s profile internationally, particularly those that shoot Jordan for Jordan.
    Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 20 Sep. 2025
  • Watt and defensive lineman Cameron Heyward will be the focuses of the Patriots’ protection plan with edge-rusher Alex Highsmith (one sack, 3 QB hits last week) ruled out.
    Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
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“Ground zeros.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20zeros. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.

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