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Recent Examples of nil
Selling and marketing expenses increased to $63,000 from nil in the previous year, attributed to the addition of the mining machine resale business.
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Over eleven years, the latter seven or eight of them devoted to New Deal therapy, the economy’s growth was absolute nil.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Carter’s leverage with the South Koreans had approached nil.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Nov. 2024
Selling and marketing expenses increased to $63,000 from nil in the previous year, attributed to the addition of the mining machine resale business.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
Over eleven years, the latter seven or eight of them devoted to New Deal therapy, the economy’s growth was absolute nil.
—Brian Domitrovic, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Carter’s leverage with the South Koreans had approached nil.
—Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Nov. 2024
Selling and marketing expenses increased to $63,000 from nil in the previous year, attributed to the addition of the mining machine resale business.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nil
Noun
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For five innings, Luke Bailey of Granite Hills and Brady Gunn of Henry matched zeros, with both teams playing great defense behind their starting pitchers.—
John Maffei,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2025
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If fewer than 35 years of earnings exist, zeros are averaged in.—
Mike Sylvester,
Forbes.com,
21 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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“Nil.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nil. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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