How to Use none of the above in a Sentence

none of the above

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  • With the right ski socks, none of the above should bother you.
    Jonathan Thompson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Finally, please note that none of the above are get-rich-quick schemes.
    Feras Moussa, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • The one at the end of Brave New World does none of the above.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2025
  • Of course, none of the above factories have all the answers.
    Ethan Karp, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Do all this rather than the tariffs, which are a solution to none of the above.
    Veronique De Rugy, Orange County Register, 30 Jan. 2025
  • That said, none of the above dates have been formally confirmed, and so the news could get worse.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Five short years ago, none of the above were even remotely possible.
    New Atlas, 6 July 2026
  • Is Lorraine his mother, an angel, a pushy stranger, or none of the above?
    Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022
  • While some of you may not agree with my strict notions, so far none of the above is terribly confusing.
    Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 13 May 2024
  • Thus far, none of the above have shown a concerning level of impact from the Fed rate hikes.
    Sean Hanlon, Forbes, 5 May 2023
  • And to be clear, none of the above queefing scenarios is dangerous, health-wise.
    Erica Sloan, SELF, 10 Oct. 2024
  • There are Methodists, Episcopalians, Catholics, and none of the above.
    Beth Thames | [email protected], al, 21 Dec. 2021
  • But in terms of religious beliefs, none of the above, really.
    Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2021
  • If none of the above sounds like the right way to go, consider that this could be a time of self-reflection or even a fresh start.
    Leah Hall, Country Living, 19 July 2022
  • The love McCracken gives to her characters is none of the above.
    Yiyun Li, Harper’s Magazine , 28 Sep. 2022
  • Is this album a culmination of that work, a next step in the project, a new beginning, or none of the above?
    Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Investigation found that none of the above caused the sudden increase in deaths.
    Tom Frieden, Big Think, 30 Sep. 2025
  • And at the very bottom are a few naysayers, who chose none of the above under the rationale that not a single one is good.
    Alison Dirr, Journal Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2024
  • Michael Gehlken initially named Cedrick Wilson, then said none of the above.
    Dallas News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • For Denise Huskins, the answer, astoundingly, was none of the above.
    Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The 6-1 Darling did none of the above, rejecting the screen and driving hard to his right.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Clearly, none of the above will remedy overnight a situation that has been brewing for decades.
    Maelle Gavet, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2020
  • When my partner and I first got together, none of the above really mattered.
    Daisy Jones, Vogue, 26 Jan. 2025
  • People will argue that none of the above matters, that he has been convicted of no crime, that only what is onscreen counts.
    Chris Vognar, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
  • No party is polling more than 25 percent, and for much of the race the candidate the public has preferred was none of the above.
    New York Times, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Biddeford’s downtown area, full of former textile mills that sat quiet for decades until recently, has none of the above.
    Alexandra Hall, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2022
  • Likewise, none of the above means that Machado — for all her bravery and legitimacy — has not made some mistakes.
    Miami Herald, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Of course, sometimes none of the above factors are within our control, and sometimes Nature throws us the hard-breaking curve of a massive winter.
    Scott Bestul, Field & Stream, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Shockingly, as of Monday night, the National League leader in extra base hits is none of the above.
    Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The correct answer is none of the above, as Justice Samuel Alito’s draft takes pains to emphasize.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 4 May 2022

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