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Noun
my locker number is naught-seven-two
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Robert M. Danin, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
Scientists use a metric called the basic reproduction number or reproduction value — referred to as R0 and pronounced R naught — to rate how transmissible or contagious a disease is.
—Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021
Particularly since quality dialogue is not a strength here, the performers can do naught but try to keep a straight face, some under heavy layers of creature latex.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
So who is to credit (or perhaps, to blame) for Hanna's ability to crush faces with naught but her hands and an emotionless grimace?
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2011
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Noun
But these will come to naught unless the government can see them clearly—and find the strength to take advantage of them.
—Robert M. Danin, Foreign Affairs, 8 June 2016
Scientists use a metric called the basic reproduction number or reproduction value — referred to as R0 and pronounced R naught — to rate how transmissible or contagious a disease is.
—Jessica Flores, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Aug. 2021
Particularly since quality dialogue is not a strength here, the performers can do naught but try to keep a straight face, some under heavy layers of creature latex.
—Dennis Harvey, Variety, 12 Jan. 2023
So who is to credit (or perhaps, to blame) for Hanna's ability to crush faces with naught but her hands and an emotionless grimace?
—Kyle Munkittrick, Discover Magazine, 14 Apr. 2011
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“Naught.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/naught. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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