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not a thing

PRONOUN
none
Synonyms
STRONGEST
no one nobody nothing
STRONG
nil zero zilch
WEAK
no one at all no part not a bit not a soul not any not anyone not anything not one
Antonyms
WEAK
some

Example Sentences

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People just vote the way that they vote so it’s not a thing that I harp on.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

Back then people frowned at the notion of eating between meals, so snacking was not a thing.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 20, 2026

"Traditional medicine is not a thing of the past," WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a video released ahead of the three-day conference.

From Barron's • Dec. 17, 2025

"Smoking is not a thing for youth," she says.

From BBC • Oct. 7, 2025

“It is not a thing that I can do myself. You must go to the rats.”

From "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" by Robert C. O'Brien