How to Use zero out in a Sentence

zero out

phrasal verb

• Over the last year, Amazon retreated from an effort to zero out the emissions of half its shipments by 2030.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
• Among other things, Congress could zero out the Court’s budget for law clerks and other support staff.
  — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 1 Aug. 2024
• Over the long term, humanity will also have to zero out its emissions of heat-trapping gasses that are warming the planet.
  — Umair Irfan, Vox, 17 June 2024
• Under the rule approved on Friday, Republicans will have two chances to zero out or limit the funding for Ukraine.
  — Annie Karni, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2024
• In Texas, indigent defenders sometimes opt for jail time to zero out their balances.
  — Glenn Thrush, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
• It was feared that untold trillions in personal and global wealth could be zeroed out, the stock market could crash, hospitals could shut down, planes might fall from the sky, or something even worse.
  — Stephen C. George, Discover Magazine, 29 May 2023
• Biden has pledged to essentially zero out greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
  — Jeff Brady, NPR, 26 June 2024
• But the pledge does not include Shipment Zero’s more immediate goal of zeroing out emissions on half of its shipments by 2030.
  — Evan Halper, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2023
• But only one thing will actually bend that curve and halt the warming: zeroing out carbon emissions.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2024
• However, if you’re motivated by seeing zeroed out balances, wiping out smaller debts could be the best step to take.
  — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 29 Feb. 2024
• There is much more work to be done to zero out carbon emissions, and a very good chance that the GOP—effectively a political arm of the fossil fuel industry—could stop that work in its tracks.
  — Kate Aronoff, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2023
• This allocation was first halved earlier this spring, and then zeroed out entirely by the governor in June.
  — Chris Brown, Orlando Sentinel, 16 June 2024
• If a seller buys a shipping label, pays for Etsy ads, or otherwise zeroes out the 25 percent portion that’s available to them, the remaining balance is pulled from the 75 percent set aside.
  — Mia Sato, The Verge, 29 July 2023
• In a statement Monday, President Joe Biden said the court ruling opened the door for the administration to execute its plan and that borrowers would soon see their balances zeroed out.
  — Jeremiah Poff, Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2023
• Under this program, participating borrowers could see their payments cut in half, while some will see their amounts zero out.
  — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 4 Sep. 2023
• Many still hope to zero out their utility bill by selling excess power generated through their solar panels back to the utility company.
  — Kyle Russell, USA TODAY, 16 Mar. 2024
• To overcome that skepticism, Arambula watered down the original bill, which would have zeroed out cancellation fees entirely for solar farm conversions.
  — Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
• Individuals who are eligible for this borrower defense action will have the entire balances on their federal student loans zeroed out.
  — Alia Wong, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
• The votes demonstrate how California, a titan of clean air policy, has become increasingly ambitious in its quest to curtail pollution from the transportation sector and eventually zero out the state’s carbon footprint.
  — Tony Briscoe, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
• Story continues below advertisement Advertisement The strikes also won’t zero out new content.
  — Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 23 July 2023
• The previously negative coefficient, a marker of the remote work disadvantage, not only zeroes out but takes a surprising leap into positive territory.
  — Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 3 Jan. 2024
• The new research appears to upend findings from earlier studies showing that regular exercise didn’t zero out the negative effects associated with extended periods of sitting.
  — Linda Carroll, NBC News, 24 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024