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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Right now, there’s a broad consensus that the global populist right understands our almost post-literate new media in a way their opponents never will.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
20 Oct. 2025 -
God never sanctions cruelty; love that harms is not love at all.—
Ed Gaskin,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Rollins rarely shoots when dribbling around a screen.—
Fred Katz,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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The bill expands on a 2023 law, which police found too restrictive and used rarely.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
15 Oct. 2025
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Most doctors, nurses, and parents of critically ill children will seldom, if ever, bring poetry into their space of crisis.—
K.J.S. “Sunny” Anand,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
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The fraud that James supposedly committed is seldom prosecuted as a standalone offense.—
Ruth Marcus,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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“Not.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/not. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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