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no

[noh] / noʊ /
ADVERB
negative
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INTERJECTION
negative
Synonyms


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There is no shortage of ideas to dredge from this truth, about how we use art to cope, sometimes to our own detriment.

From Salon ● Oct. 5, 2026

The prosecution alleges there had been no risk assessment for lifting pallets of bricks so close to members of the public, and claimed Higgins Homes had not considered the safety of people outside the site.

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Best way to sandbox an AI is to put it on a Delta flight—it will have no chance of accessing the Internet!”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 5, 2026

“There is no ‘magic score’ to qualify for a home mortgage, but a high score may qualify you for a higher loan or better interest rate,” Wells Fargo says.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026

She will have to pass through heavily guarded areas to access the port, but no matter.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly

On this occasion, there are more emphatic "noes" than groans, and Ms Harris accepts defeat this time around.

From BBC ● Dec. 22, 2025

An August referendum on restarting the reactor, held just three months after it closed, failed to attract a quorum, though the yes votes outweighed the noes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2025

She retreated, asking the ayes and noes to stand on separate sides of the room.

From Slate ● May 6, 2024

A chorus of noes echoed through the Boyle Heights storefront offices of Women’s March Action.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2022

We rise on our yeses and maybes, Then fall on our noes and our buts.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner

As the beats of "nos óra dja txiga" played through the fan zone, supporters chanted along in excitement – some waving the national flag.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

Similarly on “Somos,” she sings “No hay frontera que nos quedan grandes,” asserting that everyone belongs to Mother Earth.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 6, 2025

This study was funded in part by the Richard Gilder Graduate School and the National Science Foundation, grant nos.

From Science Daily ● May 20, 2024

“Over time, the nos got fewer and fewer.”

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

Hesitations're yeses or nos if the questioner already knows the answer.

From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell




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