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Recent Examples of naught
So who is to credit (or perhaps, to blame) for Hanna's ability to crush faces with naught but her hands and an emotionless grimace?
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Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2011
What becomes apparent, for example, is that Johnson, Caro, and Gottlieb suffered deeply from the chiding of their furious fathers, who reckoned that their sons would come to naught, and who have since been proved magnificently wrong.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
But months of tryouts in the lab and driving attempts on Mars come to naught.
—Aline Reynolds, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2010
There is a nonzero chance that Trump’s bid to reclaim the throne will come to naught.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
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Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2011
What becomes apparent, for example, is that Johnson, Caro, and Gottlieb suffered deeply from the chiding of their furious fathers, who reckoned that their sons would come to naught, and who have since been proved magnificently wrong.
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2023
But months of tryouts in the lab and driving attempts on Mars come to naught.
—Aline Reynolds, Discover Magazine, 19 Feb. 2010
There is a nonzero chance that Trump’s bid to reclaim the throne will come to naught.
—Jason Linkins, The New Republic, 3 Dec. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naught
Noun
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But if axions make up the dark matter, then there are about 1077 (that's 10 followed by 76 zeroes) axions in the Milky Way, so the very rare process still happens pretty often!—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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In fact, the superstructure is estimated to hold an almost inconceivable 200 quadrillion (that's 200 followed by 15 zeros) times the mass of the sun and is more than 1.3 billion light-years long, larger than the Milky Way.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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The cropped and boxy jacket has two D patch pockets on the waist, a full zip front, and a zippered chest pocket.—
Angela Velasquez,
Sourcing Journal,
24 Feb. 2025
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Sil-nylon is 100 percent waterproof but doesn't breathe at all, so look for jackets with pit zips and other means to ventilate.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
22 Feb. 2025
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In the latter half of the aughts, Myers starred in The Love Guru and as a minor character in the Oscar-winning drama Inglourious Basterds.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
1 Mar. 2025
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Kingda Ka opened in the early aughts amid what many refer to as the modern coaster wars, when parks around the world competed with each other to build record-breaking attractions in quick succession.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
28 Feb. 2025
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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Over eleven years, the latter seven or eight of them devoted to New Deal therapy, the economy’s growth was absolute nil.—
Brian Domitrovic,
Forbes,
20 Dec. 2024
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Carter’s leverage with the South Koreans had approached nil.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
26 Nov. 2024
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“Naught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naught. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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