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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?
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naught
Noun
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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
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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
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Other cycling jerseys will sport full zips, which can come in handy when putting the jersey on or taking it off.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
7 Apr. 2025
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The posh bag is made from pebbled leather and features an exterior zip pocket and slip pocket, interior slip pocket, and a zippered top closure to secure your belongings.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Everyone can show up in their favorite aughts attire.—
Maggie Griswold,
StyleCaster,
1 Apr. 2025
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The estate started a new chapter in the early aughts when Elisabetta Foradori, Thomas Widmann, and Giovanni Podini acquired the property and renamed it Ampelaia.—
Lauren Mowery,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
Noun
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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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
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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
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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 15 Apr. 2025.
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