nothingness

as in death
the state of being dead the inevitable nothingness that awaits all of us

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Recent Examples of nothingness From there, the movie around her is soon reduced to a nothingness of its own making. Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025 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 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 Events that used to lead to days or weeks of heated discourse now fade into nothingness almost instantaneously; nothing matters enough to break the internet anymore. Meaghan Garvey, Pitchfork, 27 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for nothingness
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Noun
  • Nearly three months after 19-year-old twin brothers were found dead atop a mountain in northern Georgia, authorities have ruled their deaths a double suicide.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 28 May 2025
  • Hackman's cause of death was heart disease, with advanced Alzheimer's as a contributing factor.
    Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 28 May 2025
Noun
  • As Joel talks to Ellie, a different solemn moment unfolds in Salt Lake City, where the young survivors of Joel’s Firefly massacre bury their dead and try to figure out what happened.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 14 Apr. 2025
  • However, because the Romans cremated their dead for many years, archaeologists have not found many gladiator bodies.
    Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Black women in the United States have disproportionately high rates of maternal mortality.
    Katia Riddle, NPR, 28 May 2025
  • That aspiration, that desire for light, and the ultimate recognition of our mortality.
    Jeryl Brunner, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025

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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothingness. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.

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