noughties
Britishplural noun
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The original star of the decade-long noughties movie franchise, now 36, revealed in November that he had sent a letter to McLaughlin, who then sent "a very sweet note back".
From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026
I am told he argues that while confronting, in the late noughties, the biggest financial crisis since the 1930s, he sought Epstein's expertise in the national interest.
From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026
These peaked in 1968 and 1999, and U.S. secular equity bear markets followed in the 1970s and noughties, he notes.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 23, 2026
The team gathered for a movie night, watching Step Up - a noughties film about an underdog dancer having his day on the big stage - on the projector at their base.
From BBC • Sep. 24, 2025
Step Up, a noughties film about an underdog dancer having his day on the big stage, was put on the projector.
From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025
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