1
as in not
at no time
I have never been out of the country
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2
as in no
not in any degree, way, or under any condition
even though my proposal was turned down, I will never be convinced that my idea isn't a good one
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Since Drake and his team have never seen him in person, Gutierrez figures no one will notice.
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Mike Miller, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
This way leads to tyranny, which may explain why Rita, Jessi, and Emilia never think about the consequences of drug cartels and sicarios.
—Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
The main unsolved mystery Arguably the biggest mystery in the O.J. Simpson case that never got solved is what happened to the murder weapon, a knife.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
And the former ArcLight at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which bordered an evacuation area as the fire spread, was a ghost town (business has never been the same since Regal took over, sources say).
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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Mike Miller, EW.com, 29 Jan. 2025
This way leads to tyranny, which may explain why Rita, Jessi, and Emilia never think about the consequences of drug cartels and sicarios.
—Armond White, National Review, 29 Jan. 2025
The main unsolved mystery Arguably the biggest mystery in the O.J. Simpson case that never got solved is what happened to the murder weapon, a knife.
—Olivia B. Waxman, TIME, 29 Jan. 2025
And the former ArcLight at the Sherman Oaks Galleria, which bordered an evacuation area as the fire spread, was a ghost town (business has never been the same since Regal took over, sources say).
—Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Jan. 2025
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“Never.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/never. Accessed 2 Feb. 2025.
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