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  1. Zero Sum

    Skinner destroys evidence to cover up a woman's death and poses as Agent Mulder to complete the task. Mulder finds out about Skinner's deception and confronts him, and Skinner reveals that he is working for the Cigarette-Smoking Man in order to obtain a possible cure for Scully's cancer.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of zero sum in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of zero sum in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of zero sum in a Sentence

  1. Iftekher Zaman:

    Having locked themselves in a zero-sum game of power, our political parties and leaders are not only exposing their political bankruptcy, but also expanding their distance from the people and public interest on a daily basis, this violence must stop, and people must feel safe.

  2. State John Kerry:

    We don't view this as a zero-sum game ; we have never viewed it that way, this is not meant to be, nor should it be, a divide between East and West. This is about rule of law ; it's about the norms by which nation states behave.

  3. Kostas Ifantis:

    There is still a zero-sum mentality (among Greeks) on this name issue, it's an issue which involves history and symbols, and ... a compromise is very difficult in this case.

  4. Andy Kim:

    A lot of my colleagues, especially on the select committee, use rhetoric like, ‘This is a new Cold War,’ first of all, it’s not true: The Soviet Union was a very different competitor than China. And it’s framed in a very zero-sum way … It’s very much being talked about as if their entire way of life is incompatible with ours and cannot coexist with ours, and that heightens the tension.

  5. Tom Inglesby:

    That is not true at all, it was never zero sum between the two.

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