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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Tabbed nothing less than the golden generation, they were meant to grow a sport that long had roots but never could quite blossom, using the soil of their own country to do it.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
13 June 2026 -
The woman's family hopes this never happens to anyone else.—
Zach Boetto,
CBS News,
13 June 2026
Adverb
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Some are seasonally inappropriate—for instance, winter puffers in a city where the temperature rarely falls below 77 degrees Fahrenheit—or cut for oversized Western silhouettes that dwarf the average Ghanaian body.—
Jasmin Malik Chua,
Footwear News,
8 June 2026
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But the historically complex process has rarely been implemented; between 1990 and 2017, the Justice Department filed an average of just 11 legal complaints per year seeking to denaturalize American citizens, according to historical data.—
Aki Nace,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Adverb
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Smith seldom goes back to Weatherford.—
Tanya Babbar,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Political memoirs are seldom very good.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
8 June 2026
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“Not.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/not. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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