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as in nobody
a person of no importance or influence
his friends couldn't understand why he'd want to marry a girl who was an obvious nothing
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as in triviality
something of little importance
you're always worrying about nothing
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as in never
not in any degree, way, or under any condition
nothing daunted by the poor reception his first novel received, he proceeded to write another one
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as in worthless
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Recent Examples of nothing
Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 14 Apr. 2023
From Loewe’s dynamic striped wonders to Versace’s Courtney Love-esque little nothings, loose-fitting, pint-sizes dresses with major volume quickly became the garment on everyone’s minds.
—Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 22 Mar. 2023
But central banks can do nothing directly to increase productivity.
—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020
Tearing down the names of Hood and Lee, that don’t change nothing.
—1843, 2 Apr. 2020
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But even before that, women like Tina Turner and Josephine Baker were wearing costumes that evoked intimate little nothings.
—Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 14 Apr. 2023
From Loewe’s dynamic striped wonders to Versace’s Courtney Love-esque little nothings, loose-fitting, pint-sizes dresses with major volume quickly became the garment on everyone’s minds.
—Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 22 Mar. 2023
But central banks can do nothing directly to increase productivity.
—Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020
Tearing down the names of Hood and Lee, that don’t change nothing.
—1843, 2 Apr. 2020
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothing
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Kelce needn’t demonstrate expertise, and neither does the panel of celebrity-class obscurities: Nicole Byer, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ron Funches, Lala Kent, and Sophia Stallone, who each recall schoolroom nobodies.Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Over the decades, amateurs have beaten pros, nobodies have beaten somebodies.Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2024
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Any continuation of this conversation will veer far off from the triviality of Socrates’s political beliefs.Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Although it was considered appropriately feminine for women to care for animals, women and femininity were also considered weaker, sillier, and more frivolous than men and masculinity; caring too much for other creatures came was considered a sign of fragility and triviality.Natalie Kinkade, JSTOR Daily, 25 Sep. 2024
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Photograph: Andrea Kane/Institute for Advanced Study This led her to the zeros of trace phi cubed.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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Like Schrodinger's cat, qubits can be both ones and zeros at once, a property known as superposition.Anand Oswal, Forbes, 16 Oct. 2024
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Sedona is many things, but in my book, overrated will never be one of them.Erin Strout, Outside Online, 11 Nov. 2024
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In these turbulent times, the role of states in safeguarding fundamental rights has never been more crucial.Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
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Aaron Ryder, a producer of Arrival, was quarantining at a hotel in Montreal, watching an army of amateur day traders drive up the value of a supposedly worthless stock.Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Vulture, 1 Nov. 2024
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As is so often the case, the prediction of macro is rendered as worthless as the prediction that the world is flat.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2024
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In addition to the letters, the last of which arrived in 1974, the Zodiac sent out four ciphers that would supposedly reveal his identity.Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
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Some sleuths alleged that one of the Zodiac's ciphers contained a reference to Bevilacqua, but Italian police reportedly closed their investigation into Bevilacqua in 2021.Jessica Sager, People.com, 23 Oct. 2024
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In Grand County, sustained winds in the 25 to 35 mph range and gusts up to 50 mph continued to push the fire, with billowing plumes of smoke rising on its north side.Katie Langford, The Denver Post, 10 Nov. 2024
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The band was often obscured by clouds of smoke, and stark, colorful lighting.Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2024
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But these will come to naught unless the government can see them clearly—and find the strength to take advantage of them.Robert M. Danin, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
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Scientists use a metric called the basic reproduction number or reproduction value — referred to as R0 and pronounced R naught — to rate how transmissible or contagious a disease is.Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021
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“Nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothing. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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