no one
pronoun
no person; not anyone; nobody.
no one
American
[noh wuhn]
/ ˈnoʊ ˌwʌn /
Or
no-one
pronoun
no-one
British
pronoun
Usage
See each.
Etymology
Origin of no one
First recorded in 1595–1605
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Example Sentences
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She said all open water beauty spots could be "death traps" and no one should risk their lives.
From BBC • May 27, 2026
"If we don't do it, no one will do it for us," said Viany De Marceau from Cameroon, who runs REMAN, an NGO supporting African migrant workers.
From Barron's • May 25, 2026
With no one left to pitch, Ball-Malone put Payne back on the mound and she finished the game for the Knights.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2026
If it had not been such an extraordinary case, no one would have cared or noticed Hill’s transgressions, Busbee said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026
Since he’d been spotted in the dump six years ago, no one had bothered him.
From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman
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