nothing to

phrase

1
: no truth to (something)
There's nothing to the story/claim.
2
: of no interest, value, or importance to (someone)
Money is nothing to them.
He's nothing to me now.

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Ending the war in Iran — itself an enormously tall task — will do nothing to end Russia’s diesel export ban, which blocked off 12% of the world’s seaborne diesel supply. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 Campaigns often measure for qualities that have little or nothing to do with the office. — John Dickerson, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026 The Kennedy Center should be a living national institution, for a nation that cannot renew its inheritance will soon have nothing to inherit but its own forgetting. — Frank Porcu, New York Daily News, 20 Sep. 2026 Fortunately, if no less terribly, there is more to the story, and many of the most compelling scenes have little or nothing to do with Michael. — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for nothing to

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“Nothing to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nothing%20to. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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