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noughties

British  
/ ˈnɔːtɪz /

plural noun

  1. informal the years from 2000 to 2009

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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When Swinney last led the SNP in the early noughties the party lost ground in elections for Westminster 2001, Holyrood in 2003 and in the European elections in 2004.

From BBC May 1, 2026

Dries van Noten's Julian Klausner paid homage to the 1990s/early noughties with his maxi denim skirts with the must-have high split.

From BBC Mar. 10, 2026

"We haven't hit rubbish from the nineties and noughties, so that's going to be extortionate amounts," he said.

From BBC Feb. 18, 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

Radcliffe, who played the famous schoolboy wizard in the decade-long noughties film franchise, told Good Morning America he wrote directly to McLaughlin after the child star was cast in the lead role.

From BBC Nov. 19, 2025

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