Lots of good advice already given. Another thing to consider is that there
may be another outlet, receptacle or light, wired between the ones you have
checked and the breaker box. It could be located in another nearby room.
Replacing breakers or outlets without first locating the fault is not a good
idea. Troubleshooting with a digital voltmeter is also not a good idea; a
test lamp is much better.
Don Young
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Set your multimeter to read AC volts. Remove all the cover plates from
the non-working outlets and test each terminal to the other within the
receptacle, and each to ground (the metal box and the ground screw).
If you don't find any that read 120V then your problem is a break in
the wire or the breaker.

If you have a main breaker you can throw that, yank the suspect
breaker, and test it for continuity in open and closed positions. If
you don't feel confident doing this and/or don't know what you're doing
then call a professional; he'll solve it in a few minutes.

Mike