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no

[noh] / noʊ /
ADVERB
negative
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INTERJECTION
negative
Synonyms


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Under him, the Workers’ Party has become a central pillar of Brazilian politics, but one with no clear successor and no backup plan if he loses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

Fury said he had "no intention" of retiring after fighting Joshua and views the contest with his compatriot as a "warm-up for Usyk".

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

Among ordinary Russians, Kasyanov said he saw "no grounds for a revolt", despite mounting war casualties and rising food prices.

From Barron's ● Oct. 3, 2026

“You knew it was going to be the last play no matter what,” Rams defensive coordinator Chris Shula said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

There are no bulldozers or power shovels to open a way through Vermont's Green Mountains for the Rutland & Burlington Railroad.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman

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

Their yeses and great noes no longer mean anything.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 8, 2025

When the time came, the ayes loudly drowned out the noes.

From New York Times ● May 12, 2021

All day, the yeses and noes had been swirling inside her, faster, faster, until she felt dizzy with indecision.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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

Marks owns stock in RyCarma Therapeutics Inc., which is developing compounds that target the ryanodine receptor, and is a coinventor on U.S. patent nos.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 14, 2026

“I was watching my bank account go down and down and down and the nos go up and up and up. I was terrified,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 19, 2025

“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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