as in nothing
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it
for dates, the year is automatically listed as a pair of aughts, so the user has to scroll down to the correct figure
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Recent Examples of aught
Carrey was one of the biggest stars of the 1990s and early aughts but has been less active in recent years.
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
18 June 2026
What happens when the parasitic entity of the Smile universe heads to the world of professional fashion modeling in the early aughts?
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Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
Multiple experts predict that higher stretch skinny jeans will be on their way back into the trend cycle for upcoming seasons—albeit in a different form than the skinnies from the aughts.
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Sarah Jones,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
Summer wedges—a hallmark of late-’90s and early-aughts dressing—have returned with fresh appeal.
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Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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Brent Lang,
Variety,
18 June 2026
What happens when the parasitic entity of the Smile universe heads to the world of professional fashion modeling in the early aughts?
—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
16 June 2026
Multiple experts predict that higher stretch skinny jeans will be on their way back into the trend cycle for upcoming seasons—albeit in a different form than the skinnies from the aughts.
—
Sarah Jones,
Footwear News,
12 June 2026
Summer wedges—a hallmark of late-’90s and early-aughts dressing—have returned with fresh appeal.
—
Laura Jackson,
Vogue,
11 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aught
Noun
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While CinemaCon 2026 brought us exciting news about new films, it was also bogged down with status quo nothings about how Amazon MGM still hasn’t found a new James Bond.
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When Dana, who, like Virginia, had been successful in writing pleasant but undistinguished nothings—in her case, songs for Billy Rose’s revues—decided to try taking on more serious music by studying with Boulanger, Virginia entered a deep downward spiral.
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Those bits are oriented as either ones or zeroes, indicating on/off switches that make up the basic inputs of any task performed by a computer.
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The Skippers pushed their advantage to 6-0 before the clock hit triple zeroes in the opening frame.
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Its stock exposure can sit at nought or at full, so its behaviour in a sharp fall hangs entirely on whether BAILA reads the danger in time.
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Now, Lewis — who returned from a demotion to Triple A last Saturday — is demonstrating that those efforts might not have been for naught.
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“Aught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aught. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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