How to Use zero in on in a Sentence

zero in on

phrasal verb

• Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will zero in on the highlights of the tour.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2024
• But the paps chose not to zero in on Kim’s haute hanky.
  — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2024
• But the bulk of the report zeroes in on the city of Los Angeles.
  — Doug Smith, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2024
• My eyes zero in on colorful hair like a moth to a flame.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 28 June 2023
• The letter should have been put in the file, and detectives should have zeroed in on Vieyra, back in 2009.
  — Cindy Chang, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2024
• Her cellphone signals were used to help zero in on the trio, the D.A.'s office said.
  — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 15 Dec. 2023
• The photo didn’t show either of the pair’s faces, but zeroed in on their entwined hands.
  — Kimberlee Speakman, Peoplemag, 7 July 2023
• Don’t help them out by allowing them to zero in on a duck call.
  — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 27 Dec. 2023
• The chances of getting to that Saturday off with a 4-0 record, though, go up if Day zeroes in on a true QB1.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
• Being able to zero in on nutritious meals is a matter of life and death.
  — Christine Picard, Discover Magazine, 9 Sep. 2023
• The Georgia case would zero in on Trump’s specific efforts to overturn his loss in the state in 2020.
  — USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
• Here’s a look at the best fishing waders out there and how to zero in on the best type for you, according to our angling experts.
  — Morgan Lyle, Field & Stream, 4 Jan. 2024
• In other words, zeroing in on your zits can make the issue seem bigger in more ways than one.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 23 Jan. 2024
• Ramesh talked about zeroing in on good questions – which is very good advice.
  — John Werner, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
• To explain how things changed, largely owing to fashion, is to zero in on three restaurants, two in New York and one in Venice (Italy).
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• In the chaos of it all, a Russian drone, its ominous silhouette barely discernible against the darkened sky, zeroed in on the boat.
  — Dominique Soguel, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 June 2024
• Next month, her team’s outreach will zero in on what employers can do to keep their workers safe.
  — Denise Chow, NBC News, 17 Mar. 2024
• Over and again, Republicans zeroed in on the issue as central to getting a deal done.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner, 11 Jan. 2024
• What Brooke Wilkins didn't know was that the investigation was zeroing in on Dan Howard.
  — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2024
• His questions started out broad, then zeroed in on details.
  — Jeremy Kohler, ProPublica, 10 Oct. 2023
• Speaking about his sister, Bertie, one thing Buffett zeroed in on was Wall Street pundits.
  — Morgan Haefner, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
• So while in many eyes ‘tacos’ and ‘Mexican food’ are synonymous, our journalists zeroed in on the core dish, the basic unit.
  — Danielle Dorsey, Los Angeles Times, 23 July 2024
• The shaky camera zeroes in on Joan in emotional pain, clearly from Pascal.
  — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 31 Oct. 2024
• The penguins’ guano–aka bird poop–showed up on satellite imagery as a series of dark smudges and allowed researchers to zero in on these new breeding sites.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 25 Jan. 2024
• After a six-week hunt, police zeroed in on Kohberger as a suspect.
  — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 21 Dec. 2023
• For you, was part of the appeal being able to zero in on one family instead of making something more open-ended?
  — Matthew Jacobs, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2023
• This is an evolutionary function that tries to keep you safe by zeroing in on danger.
  — Arash Javanbakht, The Conversation, 9 Aug. 2024
• Authorities quickly zeroed in on van der Sloot and the Kalpoe brothers as suspects.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2023
• This research also zeroes in on what should happen on a model training on its own data.
  — Mack Degeurin, Popular Science, 25 July 2024
• To determine where to focus Nigg’s upgrades, Sinclair and his team have assessed 57 floating wind designs and zeroed in on a half-dozen of the most promising.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024