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Examples of nil in a Sentence
They took a 2 to nil lead in the second half of the game.
the difference in the audio performance of those two CD players is nil
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The two teams were tied at nil until the second half when Jaxson Bettencourt scored on a corner kick pass from Manuel Portillo to put Mitty up 1-0 in the 61st minute.
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Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
Otto and former Houston Oilers Pro Bowl WR Ken Burrough will forever be associated with double nil unless the NFL returns it to circulation.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2023
Never let it be said that UCLA is doing nil about NIL.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
To have relations, human being to human being, the chances are almost nil now, which wasn’t the case before.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2023
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Nathan Canilao, The Mercury News, 25 Feb. 2024
Otto and former Houston Oilers Pro Bowl WR Ken Burrough will forever be associated with double nil unless the NFL returns it to circulation.
—Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 15 Apr. 2023
Never let it be said that UCLA is doing nil about NIL.
—Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
To have relations, human being to human being, the chances are almost nil now, which wasn’t the case before.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2023
See all Example Sentences for nil
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“Nil.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nil. Accessed 28 Sep. 2024.
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