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Never let it be said that UCLA is doing nil about NIL.
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
To have relations, human being to human being, the chances are almost nil now, which wasn’t the case before.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2023
The chances that the lame duck Congress will restore the Child Tax Credit to its 2021 level are virtually nil.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
Down 0-3 to Golden State, the Mavericks’ chances of winning the Western Conference finals teeter between miniscule and nil.
—Dallas News, 23 May 2022
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Ben Bolch, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2022
To have relations, human being to human being, the chances are almost nil now, which wasn’t the case before.
—Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 4 Jan. 2023
The chances that the lame duck Congress will restore the Child Tax Credit to its 2021 level are virtually nil.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 5 Dec. 2022
Down 0-3 to Golden State, the Mavericks’ chances of winning the Western Conference finals teeter between miniscule and nil.
—Dallas News, 23 May 2022
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“Nil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nil. Accessed 25 Dec. 2024.
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