as in never
in no way or under no circumstances
The food was so burnt that it was not edible.
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None responded, except Marathon County Sheriff Chad Billeb, who said the one complaint in his jurisdiction was never forwarded to them.—
Hope Karnopp,
jsonline.com,
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Saturday was never an auspicious day for a funeral, and if it was held on Sunday, nine members of the family would die.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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As a defender in the English Premier League for 12 years, Higginbotham rarely had to fly.—
Rustin Dodd,
New York Times,
23 Oct. 2025
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But pay decisions are rarely black-and-white.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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Lanthimos’s gaze, so exactingly attuned to human ugliness, has seldom given us lovelier things to look at.—
Justin Chang,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Because Washington’s Zach Ertz has played his entire career in the NFC (previously with the Eagles, Cardinals and Lions) and the Chiefs’ Travis Kelce competes in the AFC, their teams have seldom met.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Not.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/not. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.
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