as in zeros
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it
for dates, the year is automatically listed as a pair of aughts, so the user has to scroll down to the correct figure
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Recent Examples of aughts
The show marked Bledel's first major role and made Graham one of TV's most notable leading ladies of the aughts.
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Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Challenger equated the impact of AI on the current labor market to the rise of the internet in the early aughts.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
This season on Survivor, guys from the aughts!
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Between the four early aughts shows, there is quite a bit of overlap.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Writer Valerie Fortney, who recently returned to Ascoli after living there in the aughts, calls it a great place to retire.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
With bell sleeves, the silhouette read very early aughts.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Last year, those three forwards on the court at the same time were an abject nightmare that took basketball back to the early aughts.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Scherzinger had been a chart-topper in the aughts, but hadn’t achieved solo success, and her all-girl act yielded to the Katys, Rihannas and Gagas of the next decade.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Anika Reed, USA Today, 7 Nov. 2025
Challenger equated the impact of AI on the current labor market to the rise of the internet in the early aughts.
—Steve Kopack, NBC news, 6 Nov. 2025
This season on Survivor, guys from the aughts!
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 6 Nov. 2025
Between the four early aughts shows, there is quite a bit of overlap.
—Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Nov. 2025
Writer Valerie Fortney, who recently returned to Ascoli after living there in the aughts, calls it a great place to retire.
—Elizabeth Heath, Travel + Leisure, 2 Nov. 2025
With bell sleeves, the silhouette read very early aughts.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 31 Oct. 2025
Last year, those three forwards on the court at the same time were an abject nightmare that took basketball back to the early aughts.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
Scherzinger had been a chart-topper in the aughts, but hadn’t achieved solo success, and her all-girl act yielded to the Katys, Rihannas and Gagas of the next decade.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 28 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aughts
zeros
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According to Bruce Blair, a former Air Force launch officer and nuclear policy expert, between 1962 and the mid-1970s the most powerful digits on the globe were simple – eight zeros.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 2025
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After exchanging zeros, All-Star catcher Will Smith pounded a solo home run with two outs in the 11th inning.—
Gabe Smallson,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Nov. 2025
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“Aughts.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aughts. Accessed 11 Nov. 2025.
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