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Recent Examples of naught
Lucas Giolito’s 7 shutout innings for naught as Sox can’t complete sweep
The Red Sox squandered seven shutout innings from Lucas Giolito and dropped yet another 1-run game.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
That's much higher than with other infectious diseases, such as Ebola with an R naught of 2.
—Alyson Hurt, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
That's for naught if conservatives tank the bill first.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
There has been incessant trading in these two companies for years now — all, in retrospect, for naught.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 24 May 2025
That's much higher than with other infectious diseases, such as Ebola with an R naught of 2.
—Alyson Hurt, NPR, 28 Feb. 2025
That's for naught if conservatives tank the bill first.
—Hans Nichols, Axios, 25 Feb. 2025
There has been incessant trading in these two companies for years now — all, in retrospect, for naught.
—Jim Cramer, CNBC, 20 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naught
Noun
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The Tigers got runners on base, had men in scoring position, then stranded them helplessly and collected zeroes on the scoreboard like seashells.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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One final, desperate possession Sunday ended at their own 48 with zeroes on the clock.—
Elliott Teaford,
Oc Register,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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For the outing, Kidman wore oversized sunglasses, a grey melange baseball cap with a matching zip-up jacket, and black leggings.—
Jen Juneau,
PEOPLE,
2 Oct. 2025
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After most of the employees scattered, police say, Rosado zip-tied the last remaining employee’s wrists together and took about $1,000 from the till of the business, according to court records and media reports.—
Allison Gordon,
CNN Money,
2 Oct. 2025
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Wide Leg Jeans Aelfric Eden’s wide-leg jeans take me back to the early aughts in the best way.—
India Roby,
Glamour,
1 Oct. 2025
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That’s all thanks to Fever’s status as both a capsule of early aughts emo and a road map for the pop-leaning explosion that would go on to include artists like Gym Class Heroes and Cobra Starship.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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My memoir was built of gaps, juxtaposition, weird little nothings.—
Cheri Lucas Rowlands,
Longreads,
16 Dec. 2024
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But nothings more peaceful than tomorrow to a man going through pain today.—
Becca Longmire,
Peoplemag,
22 Feb. 2024
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“Naught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naught. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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