as in nothing
the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it
for dates, the year is automatically listed as a pair of aughts, so the user has to scroll down to the correct figure
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The former print journalist — proudly fired from three magazines in the ’90s and early aughts (Men’s Health, Stuff and Maxim) — helms the only late-night program that averages more than 3 million viewers, according to the most recent Nielsen Media Research data.
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
While only Hollywood and runway’s hottest faces could experience her expertise throughout the ’90s and early aughts, with the launch of her beauty brand in 2015, all of us can take a page from her book.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
The 50th-anniversary special found clever, reverential ways to play in the deep sandbox of SNL’s past, but especially the late ’90s and aughts.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
Last night Miley Cyrus opted to wear an aughts era Cavalli gown which also embraced the cutout trend.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 15 Feb. 2025
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Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 19 Feb. 2025
While only Hollywood and runway’s hottest faces could experience her expertise throughout the ’90s and early aughts, with the launch of her beauty brand in 2015, all of us can take a page from her book.
—Kiana Murden, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2025
The 50th-anniversary special found clever, reverential ways to play in the deep sandbox of SNL’s past, but especially the late ’90s and aughts.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2025
Last night Miley Cyrus opted to wear an aughts era Cavalli gown which also embraced the cutout trend.
—Marissa Muller, WWD, 15 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aught
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
Noun
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But if axions make up the dark matter, then there are about 1077 (that's 10 followed by 76 zeroes) axions in the Milky Way, so the very rare process still happens pretty often!—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Feb. 2025
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In fact, the superstructure is estimated to hold an almost inconceivable 200 quadrillion (that's 200 followed by 15 zeros) times the mass of the sun and is more than 1.3 billion light-years long, larger than the Milky Way.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
Newsweek,
12 Feb. 2025
Noun
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That's much higher than with other infectious diseases, such as Ebola with an R naught of 2.—
Alyson Hurt,
NPR,
28 Feb. 2025
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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
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“Aught.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aught. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.
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