as in never
in no way or under no circumstances
The food was so burnt that it was not edible.
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Adverb
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And the former ArcLight at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which bordered an evacuation area as the fire spread, was a ghost town (business has never been the same since Regal took over, sources say).—
Pamela McClintock,
The Hollywood Reporter,
17 Jan. 2025 -
But that's not to say that asteroids will never hit our planet.—
Ailsa Harvey,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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The problem is that overachievers are rarely the ones who push back.—
Benjamin Laker,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
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In terms of entertainment, Cowell and his prison orchestra offered a combination of popular and classical music, rarely of the modernist kind.—
Angelica Frey,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Jan. 2025
Adverb
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How seldom the original vision is preserved, how many egos — often with the best of intentions — conspire to distort it.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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There are also some revealing looks with bare midriffs and cutouts, styles seldom associated with Penney’s.—
David Moin,
WWD,
23 Jan. 2025
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“Not.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/not. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.
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