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Recent Examples of naughtThat will count for nought as the real business gets underway, however, as Saturday's hosts seek to claim an early scalp despite barely avoiding relegation last term.—Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 Aug. 2025 Attempts by his mother and stepfather (Adam Tompa) to communicate with him are fruitless; various therapists and special schools have likewise come to naught.—Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2025 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.—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 See All Example Sentences for naught
When a scientist sends an electric pulse through the electrodes, the neurons can respond with activity spikes, a biological equivalent of the binary ones and zeroes in digital computing.
Pennie Clark Ianniciello spent decades as Costco’s book buyer, building the company into a major publishing-industry player by the mid-aughts.
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Molly Fischer,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
Since then, the Hussar pelisse ironically became something of a uniform in the early aughts for musicians, including Michael Jackson, Beyoncé and Rihanna, and bands such as British alt-indie group The Libertines and US pop-punk band My Chemical Romance.
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