How to Use zero out in a Sentence

zero out

verb
  • The two tax plans would also zero out taxes for tens of millions of Americans.
    — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 18 Mar. 2026
  • The White House almost wants to zero out NASA science.
    — Briana Alvarado, ABC News, 6 Oct. 2025
  • But advocates say zeroing out the institute’s money would achieve a similar effect.
    — Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 27 Apr. 2026
  • Too bad that, here in 2025, the mission has already been zeroed out for funding by the current administration.
    — Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Everything Nate Silver ever published on his website was just zeroed out by Disney.
    — ArsTechnica, 23 June 2026
  • Earlier this year its funding was zeroed out, effectively canceling the mission.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The Google Maps app, for example, has a privacy rating of zero out of 10 on the App Lounge.
    — Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Thiel Macro zeroed out its stake worth nearly $94 million during the three-month period, regulatory fillings show.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Nov. 2025
  • But the billionaire investor zeroed out his ArriVent Biopharma holding.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But funding for the Mars Sample Return mission was zeroed out of the fiscal 2026 budget, leaving the tubes in place with nobody to collect them.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 1 June 2026
  • The clarification brings relief to borrowers who were recently notified of their forgiveness eligibility but may still be waiting for their balances to be zeroed out.
    — Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2025
  • The hedge fund zeroed out of its stake of more than 376,000 shares in the social media giant during the three-month period, according to regulatory filings.
    — Alex Harring, CNBC, 15 May 2026
  • Both donations zeroed out the districts’ total lunch debt from the start of the 2025-2026 school year through April 30, 2026.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 15 May 2026
  • The popular YouTube music critic Anthony Fantano gave the record a zero out of ten; Rolling Stone ranked it as one of the most disappointing albums of all time.
    — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The reversal came after near-universal condemnation from organizations across the mental health and addiction treatment field, which warned that suddenly zeroing out grants that had already been awarded would lead to layoffs, threaten patient care, or force them to close altogether.
    — Lev Facher, STAT, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Relatedly, the administration has proposed to roll back vehicle fuel efficiency standards at the Transportation Department and zeroed out the penalties for violating the efficiency standards in the tax megabill.
    — Rachel Frazin, The Hill, 28 Dec. 2025
  • Eric Swalwell also zeroed out withholdings on his congressional salary in 2023 and withheld just $2,580 the year before, effectively delaying payment of his federal taxes in a move that incurred penalties.
    — Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 1 Apr. 2026
  • The president’s budget request for fiscal year 2026 notably zeroes out funding for a joint program between NASA and the Department of Defense to develop nuclear rocketry.
    — Lee Billings, Scientific American, 4 Aug. 2025
  • As Cox noted, the team secured a complete defense win against Goldman Sachs in a fraud and breach-of-contract trial in New York early in the year, zeroing out claims for $150 million in damages in a suit stemming from a pipeline project in Pennsylvania.
    — Mark Curriden, Dallas Morning News, 13 Mar. 2026
  • The president's budget proposal, released in May, suggested zeroing out funding for CCAMPIS altogether.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025
  • For example, Congress is on track to approve $634 million for NOAA’s Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research — compared to the budget proposal, which had zeroed out that office.
    — Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 14 Jan. 2026
  • Most employees of the behemoth agency are still getting regular paychecks, but Transportation Safety Administration (TSA) officers are being forced to show up for work in airport security without that guarantee, months after seeing their paychecks zeroed out during the last government shutdown.
    — Dallas Morning News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The repeal followed Congress’s zeroing out of penalties for violating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) targets as part of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
    — Julian Torres, CNN Money, 22 Feb. 2026
  • For example, the NSF budget for social science research would be zeroed out; the NIH would lose both the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities and the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health.
    — ArsTechnica, 6 Apr. 2026

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