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Example Sentences
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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
“This means that the probability of switching into a lower-carry, higher-rate regime is probably not nil, and is less easily priced by the market,” Fink added.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
The water visibility was nil — just a blur of yellow, brown and eventually black.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
And the chances of it being in order at all times were nil, for I knew that, as with my father, the authorities would always find something wrong with my pass.
From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane
