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Recent Examples of naught
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.
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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
He’s also finally asked (or forced, rather) to leave Khazad-dûm with naught to show for it, which is sure to displease High King Gil-galad.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
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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
He’s also finally asked (or forced, rather) to leave Khazad-dûm with naught to show for it, which is sure to displease High King Gil-galad.
—Michael Nordine, Variety, 6 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naught
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The binary system of ones and zeros later became the basis of digital coding, and Leibniz himself attempted to exploit it in some of his designs for machines that could perform calculations.Anthony Gottlieb, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025
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Too often clubs hear of Leeds’ interest in a player and start adding zeros to the price tag — but the days of Leeds engaging in that sort of negotiating are long gone.Nancy Froston, The Athletic, 26 Dec. 2024
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Around 5 inches tall and 8 inches wide, the bag has a back slip pocket, interior slip pocket, and front zip compartment.Kaitlin Gates, Southern Living, 7 Jan. 2025
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From a padded laptop sleeve for your tech to multiple zip pockets for quick-access items, it’s built to keep your essentials secure and your look polished, wherever work takes you—a choice carry-on backpack, for sure.Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Glamour, 20 Dec. 2024
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Thanks to easily burnable CDs and the proliferation of shareable MP3s, record companies lost money to digital piracy in the early aughts.Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Jan. 2025
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In the early aughts, minimalism and cool tones like gray and stark white reigned supreme.Maggie Gillette, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Jan. 2025
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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 18 Jan. 2025.
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