zero hours

plural of zero hour

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for zero hours
Noun
  • That move set in motion two decades of big inflations, serial currency and banking crises, and debt defaults.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
  • Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was a leader of the Janjaweed militia, which killed hundreds of thousands of members of Darfur’s non-Arab population in the early 2000s, sparking one of the world’s gravest and most enduring humanitarian crises.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • As the excitement mounts, lingering questions of purpose and fulfillment bubble to the surface, revealing the hidden costs of fame and the crossroads between love and ambition.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Over nearly three decades, Baumbach has built a career chronicling families in crisis and artists at the crossroads, his films combining biting wit with an unflinching emotional honesty.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • By December, Seattle taxpayers were paying a hefty $4,200 a month per empty room — at a time when thousands of Seattleites were without a roof over their heads.
    Ashley Hiruko, ProPublica, 6 Oct. 2025
  • The rounded piston heads, slotted into a rounded chamber to match, offered higher efficiency with less energy lost to heat while fuel is combusted before being sent out as exhaust.
    Liam Rappleye, USA Today, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Zero hours.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zero%20hours. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.

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