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(in international nuclear arms negotiations) an offer to remove all shorter-range nuclear missiles or, in the case of the zero-zero option all intermediate-range nuclear missiles, if the other side will do the same

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Words nearby zero option

zero gravity, zero grazing, zero hour, zero in, zero in on, zero option, zero-point energy, zero population growth, zero-rate, zero-rated, zero stage

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Example sentences from the Web for zero option

I understand that this is human trafficking, but I know that my people have no other option.
Ghost Ships of the Mediterranean|Barbie Latza Nadeau|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
This simply is not an option for ACC to source indeterminately.
Exclusive: U.S. Drone Fleet at ‘Breaking Point,’ Air Force Says|Dave Majumdar|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Judging from current figures, there would be a substantial demand for this option, too.
Men Will Someday Have Kids Without Women|Samantha Allen|January 3, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In all likelihood this last option is what we will get for the foreseeable future.
In the Middle East, the Two-State Solution Is Dead|Dean Obeidallah|January 2, 2015|DAILY BEAST

Not quite, but at one point the temperature registered 29 below zero, with 21 inches of snow.
Speed Read: The Juiciest Bits From the History of ‘Purple Rain’|Jennie Yabroff|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
But the day he planned to start was very cold—the mercury stood twenty-seven below zero.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
That we should attack one week and the French another week is rotten tactically; but, practically, we have no option.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
A term may also continue during the option of either of the parties to be ended on notice by the party exercising the option.
Putnam's Handy Law Book for the Layman|Albert Sidney Bolles
In taking them up, the earth may be (p. 434) allowed to remain on the roots, or shaken off, at the option of the grower.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.
When the plants are to be hung on lath they may be wilted before "stringing" or not, at the option of the grower.
Tobacco; Its History, Varieties, Culture, Manufacture and Commerce|E. R. Billings.

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