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However, the less sincere that shift is, the greater the fallout when it turns out to be for naught.

From Salon ● Aug. 6, 2026

But it was all for naught, as Ecgfrith died less than six months after his father.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 21, 2026

I learned from a successful mentor that you can get a lot of things right, but if you don’t get the major trend right, it’s for naught.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

Some in the Iranian capital feared the ceasefire will come to naught, but others declared victory and most breathed a sigh of relief after weeks of bombardment.

From Barron's ● Apr. 9, 2026

"It . . . rotted to pieces while I waited, unheard. There's naught left to show but bones."

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin

But she said, if Morris Chestnut was the ideal black boyfriend of the ’90s and the naughts, aka urbane, upwardly mobile, suave, smooth, Lakeith is this generation’s black rom-com boyfriend, emotionally intelligent, creative, quirky, funny.

From Slate ● Nov. 20, 2019

Until the naughts, when I simply quit going.

From New York Times ● Oct. 17, 2016

No. Right or wrong, the referee’s decision at the double naughts must stand.

From New York Times ● Nov. 3, 2015

But no one, as far as I know, has ever called himself an “aughts guy”; said earnestly, “That’s so tens”; or suggested, “Let’s have a naughts movie night!”

From New York Times ● Jan. 4, 2013

Yes, indeed, three naughts had been forgotten in the circumference of the earth.

From Topsy-Turvy by Jules Verne