1
as in no
certainly not
your help comes none too soon
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2
as in never
not in any degree, way, or under any condition
I'll switch his mug with mine, and he'll be none the wiser
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Recent Examples of none
SI.com,
8 Sep. 2019
In that vacuum, pro-Trump, firebrand former Atlantic City Council member Grossman won his party's nomination, which Republicans in Washington were none too happy about.
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Amber Phillips,
Washington Post,
10 July 2018
Several factors have contributed to the rightward trend, none more important than Justice Neil Gorsuch's first full term as successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
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Richard Wolf,
USA TODAY,
27 June 2018
Others did not turn right wing per se but did become supporters of a more militaristic turn in foreign policy in the name of humanitarian interventionism, none better known than Bernard Kouchner, the co-founder of Doctors Without Borders.
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Alan Wolfe,
The New Republic,
18 May 2018
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Adverb
That being said there were some sloppy mistakes from Pellegrini's side, none more sloppy than Lukasz Fabianski's poor clearance which led to a penalty that was handily dispatched by Sergio Aguero late on.
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SI.com,
8 Sep. 2019
In that vacuum, pro-Trump, firebrand former Atlantic City Council member Grossman won his party's nomination, which Republicans in Washington were none too happy about.
—
Amber Phillips,
Washington Post,
10 July 2018
Several factors have contributed to the rightward trend, none more important than Justice Neil Gorsuch's first full term as successor to the late Justice Antonin Scalia.
—
Richard Wolf,
USA TODAY,
27 June 2018
Others did not turn right wing per se but did become supporters of a more militaristic turn in foreign policy in the name of humanitarian interventionism, none better known than Bernard Kouchner, the co-founder of Doctors Without Borders.
—
Alan Wolfe,
The New Republic,
18 May 2018
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Minimum deals can be no longer than two seasons in length.
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What has changed in recent years, however, is that prediction markets are no longer an obscure pastime enjoyed by political junkies.
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That day, like a frustrated patron in the Champagne room, never came.
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Some of the women who were angry contacted the SFMOMA not simply to share feedback, but to try to ensure Bahr could never work with the institution again.
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“None.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/none. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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