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Nothing, none and no one

nothing

pronoun

not anything

none

adverb, pronoun

not one of a group of people, or things or no amount of something

no one

pronoun

not any person

solitary

adjective

used for emphasizing that there is not even one person or thing

zilch

noun

nothing, especially none of a particular thing that you were looking for or wanted

not a single

not even one

not one

used for emphasizing that there are none of the people or things you are talking about

not a living soul

no one at all

no

adverb, determiner

not any amount of something

nobody

pronoun

no one

vocal fry

a speech habit in which a speaker lowers their voice at the end of a sentence

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dray

a type of cart pulled by a horse and used in the past for carrying barrels of beer

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conflict mineral

a mineral which is mined in a place where there is armed conflict, and sold to help pay for weapons

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