as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a city that was once ground zero for the insurance industry
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Recent Examples of ground zero
These days, swaths of the city of 450,000 feel like ground zero for a dystopian version of California.
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Wednesday’s 9/11 ceremony at ground zero in New York was a photo of the year in the making.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Sep. 2024
Sheridan, who along with his fellow cyclists has raised almost $150,000, was at ground zero 23 years ago.
—Kelly Cobiella, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024
Georgia was ground zero for Trump’s claims about the election being stolen in 2020.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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Jessica Garrison, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
Wednesday’s 9/11 ceremony at ground zero in New York was a photo of the year in the making.
—Paul Bedard, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 11 Sep. 2024
Sheridan, who along with his fellow cyclists has raised almost $150,000, was at ground zero 23 years ago.
—Kelly Cobiella, NBC News, 11 Sep. 2024
Georgia was ground zero for Trump’s claims about the election being stolen in 2020.
—Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for ground zero
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At the center of the story are Phil (Timothy Spall) and Penny (Lesley Manville), a weary, unmarried couple burdened by their lack of love for each other and their crumbling household.Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 9 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, in the present, the survivors find themselves at the center of a conspiracy that might just bring their past secrets to light.Abby Monteil, Them, 9 Dec. 2024
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Gillis is one of roughly 4,000 child care workers in the nation's capital who have benefited from a fund established through a tax hike on city residents earning more than $250,000 a year.Andrea Hsu, NPR, 13 Dec. 2024
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On December 10, Russia launched a ballistic missile strike on a private medical facility in the southeastern regional capital, killing at least 11 people and wounding more than 20 others.Katya Soldak, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Downtown San Francisco, especially in the vicinity of its Union Square shopping hub, remains in the doldrums years after other cities recovered from Covid-era lockdowns.Marc Joffe, National Review, 12 Dec. 2024
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Partnering with community hubs, like museums, can also broaden exposure to diverse career options in an engaging environment.Khaitsa Wasiyo, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The arena is nearing the end of a $42 million project aimed at leaning into the arena’s growing presence as an Arizona music mecca and entertainment destination.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 13 Dec. 2024
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Pink was founded as Thomas Pink in 1984 by three Irish brothers — James, Peter and John Mullen — in the go-go years as London was becoming a financial market mecca under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.Samantha Conti, WWD, 10 Dec. 2024
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Past the color choices, Brooks’ focus on light and darkness for Glinda and Elphaba was essential for their biggest performances.Ryan Fleming, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
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Dead to Me got off to a compelling start thanks to its tight focus on Applegate’s seething widow character, Jen; Cardellini’s dreamy, eccentric, secret-harboring Judy; and the electricity of the interdependent friendship that forms so quickly between these two lonely women.Judy Berman, TIME, 12 Dec. 2024
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With so many notes to round out a vanilla base, the key to choosing the perfect perfume is actually staring back at you in the mirror—you!Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2024
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Camp Pendleton, 40 miles north of San Diego, saw at least six drone incursions over its airspace last week alone, a spokesperson for the Marine base told USA TODAY in an email.John Bacon, USA TODAY, 18 Dec. 2024
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The idea is that a telltale sign of a very advanced alien technology would fuse the hydrogen isotope of deuterium, which unlike normal hydrogen contains a neutron in its nucleus, into helium to produce massive amounts of energy.Bruce Dorminey, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Charcoal samples extracted from the plaster nuclei of two of the cave pearls were dated to around the time of the Hellenistic period (332–63 B.C.).Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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The new leadership immediately homed in on the core values required to establish a fresh sense of belief in the company: trust and transparency.Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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Two research groups have separately analyzed collections of ancient genomes and come to the same conclusions about some of those core questions.Evan Bush, NBC News, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Ground zero.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ground%20zero. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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