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none

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pronoun

as in nobody
no person none will come to the party

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of none
Adverb
There certainly has been none visible through most of 2019. Alex Speier, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Sep. 2019 In that vacuum, pro-Trump, firebrand former Atlantic City Council member Grossman won his party's nomination, which Republicans in Washington were none too happy about. Amber Phillips, Washington Post, 10 July 2018 Several factors have contributed to the rightward trend, none more important than Justice Neil Gorsuch's first full term as successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia. Richard Wolf, USA TODAY, 27 June 2018 Others did not turn right wing per se but did become supporters of a more militaristic turn in foreign policy in the name of humanitarian interventionism, none better known than Bernard Kouchner, the co-founder of Doctors Without Borders. Alan Wolfe, The New Republic, 18 May 2018 See All Example Sentences for none
Recent Examples of Synonyms for none
Adverb
  • But excellence and independence are all but impossible to consistently maintain without the steady backing of mentors or salaries, and when the incentives of the internet reward virality no matter how it’s achieved.
    Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Nevertheless The Grabber is a fun nemesis, and this movie no doubt is set up for yet another sequel in a few years time, hopefully with Finn and Gwen as young adults still haunted.
    Pete Hammond, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • 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

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