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noughties

British

/ ˈnɔːtɪz /

plural noun

informal the years from 2000 to 2009

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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

In the noughties, excited children waited outside bookshops for midnight launches of the latest Harry Potter adventure, while tennis fans camping overnight in the hope of getting into Wimbledon is a dependable sight every year.

From BBC • Oct. 4, 2025

Jun swept to stardom with the 2001 rom-com My Sassy Girl, which took Asia by storm and established her as a noughties 'it girl'.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

For many '90s and noughties kids, the boyband Blue were part of growing up.

From BBC • Sep. 13, 2025

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