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as in numbers
a person of no importance or influence
those snobs on the cruise ship tried to make me feel like a complete zero
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as in depths
the lowest point or level
after several dating disasters, my confidence with the opposite sex is at zero
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Recent Examples of zeros
Those bits are oriented as either ones or zeroes, indicating on/off switches that make up the basic inputs of any task performed by a computer.
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Emily Chang,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
The Skippers pushed their advantage to 6-0 before the clock hit triple zeroes in the opening frame.
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Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Just trying to go out there and put up zeros or a one to keep the team in the game.
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Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
That’s a 13-run fourth inning, sandwiched around eight zeroes.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
That’s someone who has assets valued at $1,000,000,000,000 or more, to view it in terms of zeroes.
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Yasmin Vossoughian,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
Amelia Campbell threw a complete game for seventh-seeded Simley, and kept the contest knotted at zeros until the bottom of the third, when Byron broke through with a pair of unearned runs scored on a single by Kaydence Fjerstad.
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Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
2 June 2026
The right-hander pitched like a vet, throwing up zeros in the second, third and fourth, but Arvada West couldn’t get to Raiders junior pitcher Mikey Kroll.
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Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
The Cubs did just enough to scratch a run across against Braves lefty Chris Sale, and the bullpen kept tossing up zeros en route to a 2-0 victory to snap a four-game losing streak.
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Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
Emily Chang,
ABC News,
22 June 2026
The Skippers pushed their advantage to 6-0 before the clock hit triple zeroes in the opening frame.
—
Brendan Connelly,
Boston Herald,
9 June 2026
Just trying to go out there and put up zeros or a one to keep the team in the game.
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Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
That’s a 13-run fourth inning, sandwiched around eight zeroes.
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Jayson Stark,
New York Times,
5 June 2026
That’s someone who has assets valued at $1,000,000,000,000 or more, to view it in terms of zeroes.
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Yasmin Vossoughian,
NBC news,
4 June 2026
Amelia Campbell threw a complete game for seventh-seeded Simley, and kept the contest knotted at zeros until the bottom of the third, when Byron broke through with a pair of unearned runs scored on a single by Kaydence Fjerstad.
—
Jace Frederick,
Twin Cities,
2 June 2026
The right-hander pitched like a vet, throwing up zeros in the second, third and fourth, but Arvada West couldn’t get to Raiders junior pitcher Mikey Kroll.
—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
30 May 2026
The Cubs did just enough to scratch a run across against Braves lefty Chris Sale, and the bullpen kept tossing up zeros en route to a 2-0 victory to snap a four-game losing streak.
—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
15 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for zeros
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By June 19, the remnants of Arthur will get quickly mixed up with an advancing cold front as its remaining circulation zips eastward through Georgia and the Carolinas and into the western Atlantic, said WPLG-TV hurricane specialist Michael Lowry in an email to USA TODAY.
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Written by David Koepp, Spielberg’s most frequent collaborator, from a story conceived by Spielberg, Disclosure Day zips two stories together like strands of DNA.
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Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.
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As zonky cross-generational ciphers go, the group’s debut, Strictly 4 the Scythe, is no Hypnotize Camp Posse, the amalgam of Three 6 Mafia and a grip of artists signed to their Hypnotize Minds label in the early 2000s.
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Annie rescued its name from the depths.
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Earth-impacting shrapnel from those primordial upheavals may have helped seed our planet with the precursors for life, delivering water and organic compounds from the dark, icy depths of the outer solar system.
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Despite the tragicomic instability and the rotating cast of nobodies temporarily tasked with running the country, when seen in macroeconomic terms, Peru appears to be doing just fine, thank you.
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Seattle’s John Schneider and New England’s Eliot Wolf rose up from young nobodies to graduate from Green Bay Packers University, too.
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Though the scent can deter mosquitoes, beneficial insects like bees, lacewings, and butterflies love the tiny flowers.
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When the weather is severe, many insects want to come inside to find water or stay safe.
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The card will also feature several other San Diego-area boxers, including super lightweights Daniel Morales (8-0, 5 KOs) and Angel Juan Estrada (12-1-1, 9 KOs).
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Hughes is one of the world's top lightweights in MMA, the sport where McGregor built his following and name.
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Brown dwarfs are weird objects that have masses that are intermediate between those of giant planets and small stars.
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Writer Steve Phillips’ investments in the race dwarfs spending by any other single donor.
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“Zeros.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/zeros. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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