nonexistence

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Recent Examples of nonexistence 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 Our last conscious moment was the moment when our passing nonexistence and our final one would marry. 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 See All Example Sentences for nonexistence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonexistence
Noun
  • At nearly 60, a life of nothingness without love — what is the point?
    Michael Dorgan, FOXNews.com, 12 July 2025
  • Shauna then spies a swarm of moths attracted to a fluorescent light in the ceiling, dooming themselves to fly toward nothingness again and again and again.
    Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • For Leader, this hammers home the unreality of a studio without an intense marketing machine around it.
    Ryan Gaur, IndieWire, 10 June 2025
  • The title is the latest from Naughty Dog, a studio with a reputation for games that aspire to the aesthetics and prestige of cinema, with memorable characters that behave realistically despite the unreality of video games.
    Joshua Rivera, Vulture, 21 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • New York played a small starting unit with Stewart at center to account for the absence of Jonquel Jones.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 July 2025
  • After her first two England camps in charge in September 2021, Wiegman — in the absence of former England captain Steph Houghton — handed Williamson the armband.
    Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 5 July 2025

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“Nonexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonexistence. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.

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