Sentence examples for zero originated from inspiring English sources

The term "ground zero" originated with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

The idea for the rivals to appear together at ground zero originated last week during a telephone conversation between the men.

The asbestos that was detected in the dust at Ground Zero originated from asbestos that had been sprayed onto the steel skeleton of the Twin Towers as fireproofing when the structure was being built.

The scattering of books produced in the 16th and 17th centuries originated largely in the Gheg area (often in Scutarene north Gheg) and reflect Roman Catholic missionary activities.

Many midrashic works of the 2nd century originated in Akiba's school.

Colton was still in college when images emblazoned in Birmingham's history — attack dogs, fire hoses, the bombing at the 16th Street Baptist Church — originated.

The 13th Amendment originated not with Lincoln but with a petition campaign early in 1864 organized by the Women's National Loyal League, an organization of abolitionist feminists headed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Archaeological excavations have shown that the Castle Rock, previously thought to have first been fortified as a stronghold of the Gododdin in the 6th century, originated in the Bronze Age and has been occupied for some 3,000 years.

The name Eskimo, which has been applied to Arctic peoples by Europeans and others since the 16th century, originated with the Innu (Montagnais), a group of Algonquian speakers; once erroneously thought to mean "eaters of raw flesh," the name is now believed to make reference to snowshoes.

The 17th Amendment originated after exposes in the early 1900s showed already-well-to-do state legislators using their Senate appointment power to get even richer.

Since its founding in 1906, more than 185,000 men have joined the membership of Alpha Phi Alpha and a large percentage of leadership within the African-American community in the 20th century originated from the ranks of the fraternity.