1
as in not
at no time
I have never been out of the country
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2
as in no
not in any degree, way, or under any condition
even though my proposal was turned down, I will never be convinced that my idea isn't a good one
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Recent Examples of never
The maps were never used, because Shakur was transferred from West Virginia to a prison in New Jersey.
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
The company that makes the permanent markers said the exchange never happened.
—Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
The costume design team’s work is never down to just finding the right piece.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
The deceased never married, and his two remaining brothers are planning a private church service at a future date.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
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Zayd Ayers Dohrn, New Yorker, 28 Mar. 2026
The company that makes the permanent markers said the exchange never happened.
—Isaac Arnsdorf, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2026
The costume design team’s work is never down to just finding the right piece.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 27 Mar. 2026
The deceased never married, and his two remaining brothers are planning a private church service at a future date.
—Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 27 Mar. 2026
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Staten Island Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis has a bill that would put the $11 TSA fee travelers pay for every roundtrip into a lock box to pay TSA salaries, no matter what.—
Marcia Kramer,
CBS News,
24 Mar. 2026
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For all their bombast, the ICE and Border Patrol agents seemed to work no harder than any other faceless federal bureaucrats.—
Daniel Brook,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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Several artists will compete across genre categories, and there may be none more varied than Turnstile.—
Jazz Monroe,
Pitchfork,
30 Jan. 2026
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Sierpina, a reigning bronze medalist in the cyclocross nationals, was none too happy when her mother signed her up for cross country in April.—
Nate Bryan,
The Courier-Journal,
2 Nov. 2019
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“Never.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/never. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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