from zero
idiom
: from a point at which nothing has been done yet
You'll have to start from zero if you can't find your notes.
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Musk posted on his X platform late Sunday, alongside a chart of ages going from zero to 369 years old.
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Raising the withholding rate from zero to 30 percent would cause China to reduce portfolio investment in the United States by 27 percent—or $515 billion.
—Alex Raskolnikov, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2025
That kind of screeching up from zero is sometimes very hard.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Photo : William Walker, courtesy of RM Sotheby's With its 478 hp, 5.5-liter V-12 engine, the car can launch from zero to 62 mph in 4.4 seconds and reach a top speed of 199 mph.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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Matt Robison, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025
Raising the withholding rate from zero to 30 percent would cause China to reduce portfolio investment in the United States by 27 percent—or $515 billion.
—Alex Raskolnikov, Foreign Affairs, 19 Feb. 2025
That kind of screeching up from zero is sometimes very hard.
—Rachel Handler, Vulture, 14 Feb. 2025
Photo : William Walker, courtesy of RM Sotheby's With its 478 hp, 5.5-liter V-12 engine, the car can launch from zero to 62 mph in 4.4 seconds and reach a top speed of 199 mph.
—Robert Ross, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2025
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“From zero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20zero. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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