nope

Example Sentences

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Ole Miss said nope and promoted defensive coordinator Keith Golding to the head coach job; Kiffin publicly expressed his disappointment that the school rejected his request.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 1, 2025

In its post, the company says it will let certain models of Claude nope out in “rare, extreme cases of persistently harmful or abusive user interactions.”

From Slate • Aug. 20, 2025

Because one day you're feeling like this, and the next day society is like, "Psych, nope, actually, you got to start from the beginning."

From Salon • Dec. 25, 2024

It would be one thing if the lesson were that his lovingly designed handicrafts proved more rewarding than the magic mountain of self-adulation represented by the “12 Days” tree, but nope.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 30, 2023

I check the drawers, under the pitchers of water: nope.

From "It’s Kind of a Funny Story" by Ned Vizzini