as in nonexistence
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Noun
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The body simply won’t lose consciousness, and losing it is something that cannot be willed into existence, or, rather, into nonexistence.—
Adam Gopnik,
The New Yorker,
20 Jan. 2025 -
There are a lot of ways to interpret that, but one thing that is built into the conceit of the show is that, for the innies, the choice is work or nonexistence.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
17 Jan. 2025
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If Derek Jeter invented the strategy of preemptive blandness, a verbal jiu-jitsu move that cloaks every utterance in a gauze of impenetrable nothingness, Tom Brady has earned a Vantablack® belt in the discipline.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
5 Feb. 2025
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To cushion their sinuous eucalyptus forms, the duo came up with their own spin on traditional Banarasi fabric: an archival herringbone motif overlaid with numerical zeros that nod to Brahmagupta, the Hindu mathematician who developed the concept of nothingness in 628 AD.—
Mel Studach,
Architectural Digest,
21 Jan. 2025
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Conor’s passionately absorbing, poignantly observed self-refraction from individuality into idiosyncrasy lends his very reality an air of unreality.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
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The unreality of the present moment should be a boon for artists and all who deal in the imagination.—
Dean Kissick,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Dec. 2024
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During the war, NGOs served as the de facto public-sector leaders in the absence of the state.—
Jesse Marks,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Feb. 2025
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Similarly, in the absence of federal guidance, more states have been looking at an APR cap of 36% in recent years.—
Lucinda Shen,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Inexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexistence. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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