as in never
in no way or under no circumstances
The food was so burnt that it was not edible.
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Adverb
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But a never ending stream of soft contact leading to one zero after another on the scoreboard.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
18 Apr. 2026 -
But most work never got off the ground, mired in red tape, corruption, and security risks due to the Taliban insurgency.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
18 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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While his commercial passengers might recognize his face, the King said at the time that he rarely gets identified from his cockpit announcements.—
Meredith Kile,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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But governments in authoritarian and one-party states rarely take a hands-off approach — especially when the business belongs to a sitting president.—
Bernard Condon,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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Kids are welcome here but are seldom seen.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
15 Apr. 2026
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According to Bilmes, war spending calculations seldom touch on long-term expenditures, particularly the cost of disability benefits to veterans.—
Sasha Rogelberg,
Fortune,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Not.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/not. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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