from zero
idiom
: from a point at which nothing has been done yet
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This thing goes from zero to 60 faster than Captain Sandy’s yacht in a windstorm.
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The scale, which measures the aurora's intensity, ranges from zero to nine.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 30 June 2025
Across the country, the percentage of state emergency management agencies’ budgets paid by federal funding ranges from zero to 99.4%, a 2024 National Emergency Management Association report says.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 27 June 2025
Intensity and area scores are combined to yield a total score ranging from zero (no eczema) to 72 (most severe).
—New Atlas, 24 June 2025
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Tom Smyth, Vulture, 3 July 2025
The scale, which measures the aurora's intensity, ranges from zero to nine.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 30 June 2025
Across the country, the percentage of state emergency management agencies’ budgets paid by federal funding ranges from zero to 99.4%, a 2024 National Emergency Management Association report says.
—Jennifer Berry Hawes, ProPublica, 27 June 2025
Intensity and area scores are combined to yield a total score ranging from zero (no eczema) to 72 (most severe).
—New Atlas, 24 June 2025
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“From zero.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/from%20zero. Accessed 16 Jul. 2025.
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