nil
Example Sentences
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Premium sports franchises have spiked in value so rapidly that sticker shock is nil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
The odds of this forecast coming true are close to nil; employment almost never collapses by that much, and never when output is skyrocketing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
I think the chances of that are basically nil, as the news cycle is already moving on.
From Slate ● Jul. 27, 2026
"Three nil," he said, "and 2-1 on Sunday."
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
However, the prospect of that tiny marginal colony’s sustaining an exploration, conquest, and settlement of the Americas was nil.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
