naught

variants also nought
as in zero
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it my locker number is naught-seven-two

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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? 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 See All Example Sentences for naught
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Noun
  • Audio gear using vacuum-tubes continues to attract music lovers in much the same way that an LP spun on a turntable can seem more alive, fleshed out, simply real compared to digital’s ones and zeros.
    Robert Ross, Robb Report, 26 Mar. 2025
  • If that number was rounded off to nine quintillion, that’s nine followed by 18 zeroes.
    Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 16 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The pebbled leather is durable and won’t easily scuff, while the divider zip pocket makes organizing a breeze.
    Megan Schaltegger, People.com, 27 Mar. 2025
  • Instead, left-turn drivers queued off to the side can turn while through traffic zips across the main intersection.
    John Aguilar, The Denver Post, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • What once was a staple of the aughts (remember duck nails?) is now back on the fingertips of nearly every celebrity: the French manicure.
    Ana Escalante, Glamour, 17 Mar. 2025
  • In the aughts, Stitch merch seemed like the backbone of the American economy.
    Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.
    Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 16 Dec. 2024
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 5 Apr. 2025.

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