nonzero
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of nonzero
Example Sentences
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“There is a nonzero probability that Canada’s sovereignty could be violated, and if Greenland’s sovereignty is violated, then we could be next,” said a Canadian lawmaker.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026
“There’s always some nonzero chance that something doesn’t go your way,” Meininger says, even if the odds are near 100%.
From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026
There’s a nonzero chance that viewers may be more inclined to analyze and compare “Die My Love” to its thematic acquaintances than they might normally be.
From Salon ● Nov. 7, 2025
Should this app gain even more popularity, there’s a nonzero chance that it gets banned too.
From Slate ● Jan. 16, 2025
Studies reporting small nonzero correlations are often merely reporting chance fluctuations, and are about as meaningful as a coin being flipped fifty times and not coming up heads half the time.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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