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The Boyle Heights warehouse, according to the call, amounted to about 1% of the company’s total global capacity so the long-term impact to the company’s bottomline was nil.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 13, 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
“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
What moon wasn’t already hidden behind clouds was blotted out now by trees, branches filtering its pale light to nil.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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