as in indeed
not merely this but also
I was angry—nay, furious—at the way they were treating that poor dog
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as in refusal
an unwillingness to grant something asked for
gave a resounding nay to the request for a mixed-company camping trip
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Recent Examples of nay
Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2012
So, coming live from my Van Down By the River, Old Prospector's pickaxe in my right hand, Cowbell in my left, Opera Man wig on my head, El Nino thundering away above it, here are the eight footballers who could, nay should, host SNL.
—SI.com, 9 Oct. 2019
Meg Donohue, ELLE, 6 Jan. 2023
By the time Baird arrived, the demand — nay, necessity — for lawns that were even more drought-tolerant was imminent.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
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Adverb
And journalists who actually do their jobs are nay-saying trouble-makers who have the temerity to not rely on press releases.
—Ed Yong, Discover Magazine, 26 May 2012
So, coming live from my Van Down By the River, Old Prospector's pickaxe in my right hand, Cowbell in my left, Opera Man wig on my head, El Nino thundering away above it, here are the eight footballers who could, nay should, host SNL.
—SI.com, 9 Oct. 2019
Noun
Those who have been on the Birkenstock bandwagon for years—nay, decades—are honestly a little miffed right now.
—Meg Donohue, ELLE, 6 Jan. 2023
By the time Baird arrived, the demand — nay, necessity — for lawns that were even more drought-tolerant was imminent.
—Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nay
Adverb
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Perhaps there was indeed some rust with Hurts returning after missing two games in concussion protocol.—
Brooks Kubena,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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The Aero name implies something a bit lighter and more mobile; indeed, this is a slimmer laptop with a lower power ceiling.—
& Matthew Buzzi,
PCMAG,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Coraline 15th Anniversary notched a nice no. 5 at the domestic box office with $8.63 million for the three-day weekend on 1,603 screens.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
18 Aug. 2024
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And the yes vote in the new poll, though short of 50%, was well ahead of the no.—
Doug Smith,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Aug. 2024
Noun
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What to watch: Trump is considering an executive order delaying enforcement of the TikTok ban to give the administration time to find a U.S. buyer, despite ByteDance's refusal to sell for the past eight months.—
Zachary Basu,
Axios,
18 Jan. 2025
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Trump, a Republican, left office in 2021 as a political pariah after his refusal to accept his loss to Democrat Joe Biden led a mob to overrun the U.S. Capitol; he was impeached on a charge of inciting an insurrection.—
Michelle L. Price and Will Weissert,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The value of the new pact is almost certainly more than $500 million.—
Kurt Badenhausen,
Sportico.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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As artists go, this giant Kansas City Chiefs fan’s name might not be broadly known, but his giant, red, white and gold works — seen around the city by tens of thousands of people daily— certainly are.—
Eric Adler and,
Kansas City Star,
17 Jan. 2025
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Cooper issued 328 executive orders and stamped a record 104 vetoes, 52 of which were overturned by override votes – more of those including a vote from Democrats than coming back only Republicans.—
Alan Wooten | The Center Square,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
12 Jan. 2025
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They cannot be allowed to have veto power over everything Republicans would like to do.—
Chris Roemer,
Baltimore Sun,
9 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Once that’s complete, the living cells are then processed away, leaving the artery structure behind, which can then be implanted in a new patient without risk of rejection.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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There was the blow of rejection by Southgate for Euro 2024.—
Oliver Kay,
The Athletic,
9 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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Boris Epshteyn | ⬇ 1 A longtime adviser, his stock surely fell after Trump’s attorneys launched an investigation for allegedly seeking payments from jobseekers, like Bessent, which Epshteyn denies.—
Joe Walsh,
Forbes,
15 Jan. 2025
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Anyone who’s stumbled into fashion TikTok over the past several months has surely come across seasonal analysis, which designates people into each of the four seasons based on their hair, eye, and skin color.—
Hannah Jackson,
Vogue,
15 Jan. 2025
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What To Know About Chris Wright Chris Wright, CEO of Liberty Energy and Donald Trump's nominee for energy secretary, has faced criticism for his outspoken denial of the climate crisis and for Liberty Energy's involvement in a racial bias lawsuit, which was settled with federal authorities in 2024.—
John Mac Ghlionn,
Newsweek,
13 Jan. 2025
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But, as Hurston must have understood on some level, there was little chance that Hollywood would touch her book, because the key move in her revision of Biblical history was the denial of the divinity of Jesus.—
Louis Menand,
The New Yorker,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Nay.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nay. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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