zero
noun
the figure or symbol 0, which in the Arabic notation for numbers stands for the absence of quantity; cipher.
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
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Jerry Mitchell, a veteran journalist now calling his own shots at the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting, has been zeroing in most recently on the state’s prison system.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 21, 2019