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Recent Examples of jot Beyond black-and-navy, some folks refuse to let brown duet with black, or fret if the shades of their shoes and belt differ a jot. Jamie Waters, wsj.com, 28 Apr. 2023 But that won’t change matters one jot. Washington Post, 15 July 2021 But that has not consoled Mr Trump one jot. The Economist, 9 July 2020 All those centuries of intimacy, of living cheek by jowl, of building a shared culture, mattered not a jot. Aatish Taseer Richard Mosse, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2022 See all Example Sentences for jot 
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Noun
  • Shortly thereafter, Facebook changed its name to Meta and sank $45 billion into its vision of a digital universe that most people just don’t seem to give much of a damn about.
    Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 25 Sep. 2024
  • But the rate at which people are ditching cable suggests that carriage fees won’t be worth a tinker’s damn by the time the looming batch of NBA deals expires.
    Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 5 July 2024
Noun
  • The last-minute Annie Oakley act does not alter that one whit.
    The Editors, National Review, 30 Sep. 2024
  • The same wellness warriors who fret about microplastics seem not to care one whit about the breakdown of medical aesthetics.
    Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 23 July 2024
Noun
  • His baritone voice is loud and clear but not overly boosted, and vibrant electric guitar licks and fiddle fills are cleanly presented with clear panning.
    PCMAG, PCMAG, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Cher Ami, however, managed to make it through—though not without taking his licks (the pigeon was shot in the chest and the leg, and lost an eye).
    Scott Travers, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Mathematicians greeted his assertions with hoots of laughter, called out to friends across the room, and threw paper airplanes.
    Erica Klarreich, Quanta Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Photographed by Ben Weller, British Vogue, January 2025 Marianne Jean-Baptiste is a hoot.
    Radhika Seth, Vogue, 7 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Hundreds of commenters who had never met the couple thanked her for the shred of good news.
    Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025
  • The record’s new-wave ditties are an amalgamation of strange but immediately identifiable components, chimeras of ’60s pop à la Lesley Gore and the frenzied shred of a skateboarding compilation.
    Pitchfork, Pitchfork, 3 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • Choose from nine colors and patterns, such as versatile solid grey to a fun rainbow tie-dye hue that’s great for the littles at home.
    Brittany VanDerBill, People.com, 30 Dec. 2024
  • While Eden Rock doesn’t have a dedicated kids' club, the pool and pristine beach are the perfect playground for littles.
    Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2024

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“Jot.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/jot. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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