as in nothingness
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Recent Examples of nonexistence
Our last conscious moment was the moment when our passing nonexistence and our final one would marry.
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Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Giving them physical form, Byers doubles down on Rabelais’ rhetorical position but also destabilizes it by materializing the books’ nonexistence.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The worry was that interfaith couples would not raise their children as Jewish, shrinking the Jewish community into nonexistence.
—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
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Sam Sacks, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
Giving them physical form, Byers doubles down on Rabelais’ rhetorical position but also destabilizes it by materializing the books’ nonexistence.
—Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024
The worry was that interfaith couples would not raise their children as Jewish, shrinking the Jewish community into nonexistence.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonexistence
Noun
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Alexander Vilenkin, meanwhile, has suggested that the universe instead emerged spontaneously from a state of nothingness via a strange quantum mechanics phenomenon known as quantum tunneling.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025
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Mike himself has been hollowed out into nothingness, his character chipped away into a hollow avatar for a sensitive, caring man dedicated to providing women pleasure.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
Noun
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As the novel progresses, this sense of unreality sharpens.—
Jordan Kisner,
The Atlantic,
4 Apr. 2025
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The initial blitzkrieg against USAID in January had a feel of unreality: the natural reaction was denial.—
Dylan Matthews,
Vox,
28 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Russo’s absence highlights the lack of a natural backup striker England have heading into the Euros.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
9 Apr. 2025
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In the absence of such winks and nods, the film would play like a high-budget hostage video.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
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“Nonexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonexistence. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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