as in nothingness
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Recent Examples of nonexistence
The worry was that interfaith couples would not raise their children as Jewish, shrinking the Jewish community into nonexistence.
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Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
The Ultimates #4 dives deeper into the Fantastic Four's nonexistence in this world.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
After appearing before Congress to explain the meme-stock phenomenon, his social media presence dwindled to nonexistence.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 3 June 2024
After appearing before Congress to explain the meme stock craze, Gill's social media presence dwindled to nonexistence.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 13 May 2024
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Samira Mehta, The Conversation, 3 Oct. 2024
The Ultimates #4 dives deeper into the Fantastic Four's nonexistence in this world.
—Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2024
After appearing before Congress to explain the meme-stock phenomenon, his social media presence dwindled to nonexistence.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 3 June 2024
After appearing before Congress to explain the meme stock craze, Gill's social media presence dwindled to nonexistence.
—Khristopher J. Brooks, CBS News, 13 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonexistence
Noun
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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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“Nonexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonexistence. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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