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Recent Examples of naught
That's much higher than with other infectious diseases, such as Ebola with an R naught of 2.
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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
Imagine if the Aztecs, who happily sent their young up the pyramid to be horrible killed for a bunch of mythical lizards, realized their sacrifices were for naught.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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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
Imagine if the Aztecs, who happily sent their young up the pyramid to be horrible killed for a bunch of mythical lizards, realized their sacrifices were for naught.
—Clem Chambers, Forbes, 6 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naught
Noun
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The scoreboard read zeroes across the board.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
10 Sep. 2025
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Strong technical leaders don't just translate between the world of zeros and ones and the world of dollars and cents.—
Meeky Hwang,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The back interior pocket is a zip pocket for safekeeping lipsticks or ID cards, and the two front pockets are slip pockets ideal for a cell phone or keys.—
Rebecca Jones,
Southern Living,
13 Sep. 2025
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They’re finished with a zip-and-button fly and angled side pockets.—
Jamie Allison Sanders,
PEOPLE,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Kurek came to New York from Poland in the early aughts and met Gregory Pasternak, also a Polish immigrant, who had a business buying cheap, derelict buildings across North Brooklyn, fixing them up, renting them out, and then moving on.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the early aughts, a pair of Scottish BFFs, Gavin Bain and Billy Boyd, were desperate to escape their provincial lives in coastal Scotland.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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 16 Sep. 2025.
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