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nothing

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adverb

nothing

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adjective

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of nothing
Adverb
And just so, these clouds like lines of coke, these fine bird-bone clouds giving structure to the afternoon sky will decompose into faint nothings. Matthew Gavin Frank, Harper's Magazine, 9 June 2023 But even before that, women like Tina Turner and Josephine Baker were wearing costumes that evoked intimate little nothings. Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 14 Apr. 2023 From Loewe’s dynamic striped wonders to Versace’s Courtney Love-esque little nothings, loose-fitting, pint-sizes dresses with major volume quickly became the garment on everyone’s minds. Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 22 Mar. 2023 But central banks can do nothing directly to increase productivity. Ramesh Ponnuru, National Review, 2 Apr. 2020 See All Example Sentences for nothing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothing
Noun
  • None of these nobodies is performing like Grimes just yet, and until someone does Grier better get active trying to find a handful of veteran cornerbacks whom this team can call on, and sign to patch up the weakest unit on the team.
    Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
  • And maybe that’s a metaphor for the way a lot of middle-class nobodies feel.
    Abigail Lee, Variety, 13 May 2025
Noun
  • His reinstatement of Rose and Jackson is no exception: History has become an irrelevant triviality — ignored or, even better, forgotten.
    Cory Franklin, Twin Cities, 1 June 2025
  • Yesterday’s pangrams were triviality, trivially and virality.
    Alex Travelli, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • The multiday wedding celebration, set against the backdrop of a historic city and reportedly costing up to $56 million, will host around 200 guests ‒ each boasting a net worth with more zeroes than most can only dream of.
    Carlie Procell, USA Today, 28 June 2025
  • Brown pitched well and tossed up zeroes through the first three innings Monday against the St. Louis Cardinals.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 25 June 2025
Adverb
  • From Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill: Volume 1 & 2, to even playing the seductive Poison Ivy in the campy Batman & Robin film, Thurman, 55, has never been far from a hot topic with movie lovers.
    Jeff Conway, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Cartwright, the daughter of an Oklahoma congressman, never achieved stardom, but has some great credits beginning in the 1950s.
    Jordan Hoffman, EW.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
  • The incumbents protect the fort until the fort is worthless (cliche cf.
    Forrester, Forbes.com, 2 July 2025
  • Ready for a Vogue cover, a spot on 'ET,' more worthless performative nonsense.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 30 June 2025
Noun
  • We are used to viewing video-game protagonists as tireless ciphers.
    Simon Parkin, The Atlantic, 23 June 2025
  • Second, between February and October 1942, the Germans changed the anatomy of their Enigma cipher machine, meaning the Allies were unable to decode the messages sent to and from U-boats.
    Asia London Palomba, Smithsonian Magazine, 2 June 2025
Noun
  • Families huddled in underground metro stations for shelter and acrid smoke hung over the city centre.
    Pavel Polityuk, USA Today, 4 July 2025
  • Dramatic photos shared by the Chicago Fire Department showed thick black smoke and flames erupting from the home, pouring into the sky as firefighters fought to contain the inferno.
    Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 4 July 2025
Noun
  • Lucas Giolito’s 7 shutout innings for naught as Sox can’t complete sweep The Red Sox squandered seven shutout innings from Lucas Giolito and dropped yet another 1-run game.
    Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
  • That's much higher than with other infectious diseases, such as Ebola with an R naught of 2.
    Alyson Hurt, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025

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“Nothing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothing. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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