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nils

noun

plural of nil

as in zeros

the numerical symbol 0 or the absence of number or quantity represented by it the difference in the audio performance of those two CD players is nil

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That trickled into the tunnels at Lincoln Financial Field after the clock hit all zeroes and into the Cowboys’ locker room, where there was screaming and loud music playing on a speaker as soon as the game ended.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Oct. 2026
The first version, dated September 30, 2026, claimed to show that all nontrivial zeros must be between 1/8 and 7/8, and was formally verified using the Lean programming language.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 19 Oct. 2026

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There’s that vibrancy and, on the other side of the ledger, dead boys, ciphers, unfinished or unfinishable quests.

— Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Consider a dashboard that shows applications, including keys and libraries; network traffic protocols and ciphers; hardware, such as HSMs and TPMs; and third-party dependencies, including cryptographic or software bills of materials.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 26 May 2026

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