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Recent Examples of naught
After all, Raw arguably has a better and deeper roster of top-tier talent than SmackDown currently, but that’s all for naught if the world title and its champion aren’t presented accordingly.
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
However, that doesn’t mean this little twist in the plot is all for naught because what happens next is insane, and I am thrilled.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
But his efforts were all for naught.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
And similar to this game, a rookie quarterback’s great drive in crunch time was all for naught.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
However, that doesn’t mean this little twist in the plot is all for naught because what happens next is insane, and I am thrilled.
—Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 29 Nov. 2024
But his efforts were all for naught.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 22 Nov. 2024
And similar to this game, a rookie quarterback’s great drive in crunch time was all for naught.
—Scott Thompson, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naught
Noun
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Ones are the people who help the zeros in their crusades.—
GrrlScientist,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2025
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After each striking early, the Twins and Royals pitching staffs put up zeros throughout the middle and late innings of the game, leading them into the ninth inning deadlocked.—
Betsy Helfand,
Twin Cities,
24 May 2025
Noun
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Original price: $49.99 Old Navy's Matte one-piece zip swimsuit features a zipper closure on the front and cap sleeves.—
Nora Colomer
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FOXNews.com,
23 May 2025
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Time zips by breezily, the point of view slides around unpredictably, and more than one plot strand is introduced without ever being resolved.—
Peter C. Baker,
New Yorker,
11 May 2025
Noun
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In the early aughts, scientists dated two specimens of peyote, found in a cave near the Rio Grande, at more than five thousand years old.—
Michael Pollan,
New Yorker,
19 May 2025
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Think of Amazon in the late 1990s and early aughts.—
Michael Khouw,
CNBC,
15 May 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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The one whose legs turned nothings into somethings, improvising the Lions’ entire defensive game plan into a pile of ash?—
Sean Keeler,
The Denver Post,
10 Feb. 2024
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With the score tied at nil-nil, Coda has his penalty saved, awarded when Giuseppe Sibilli was brought down in the area.—
David Ferrini,
Forbes.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Lozano left the field, tried to rally, but never rejoined a match that would end nil-nil.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
4 Mar. 2025
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“Naught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naught. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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