as in ignorance
a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations
for two weeks each year the stressed-out couple enjoy the blissful oblivion that comes with a vacation at the beach
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Recent Examples of oblivion
In the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinians picked their way through a devastated landscape of rubble and twisted metal that had been bombed into oblivion in the war's most intense fighting.
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Mohammed Salem, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
There's a clarion call across many industries today: Enterprises must transform or risk fading into oblivion.
—Thomas Lim, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
In 30 minutes, they were shot into oblivion by Jackson’s ragtag army.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
The loss dropped the Rams’ record to 0-2 en route to a 1-4 start that had coach Sean McVay’s team on the brink of potential playoff oblivion.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Mohammed Salem, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2025
There's a clarion call across many industries today: Enterprises must transform or risk fading into oblivion.
—Thomas Lim, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
In 30 minutes, they were shot into oblivion by Jackson’s ragtag army.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
The loss dropped the Rams’ record to 0-2 en route to a 1-4 start that had coach Sean McVay’s team on the brink of potential playoff oblivion.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for oblivion
Noun
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The world of these landowners is threatened by discrimination and government ignorance.—
Esther Zuckerman,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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Lack of understanding: Many societal issues stem from ignorance of historical and systemic inequalities.—
London Business School,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This Broadway Center Stage mounting is a tightly packed clown car, speeding to musical-theater nirvana.—
Peter Marks,
Washington Post,
15 May 2023
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Several tournament anglers have lived big bass nirvana on Rayburn in recent times, including a trio of single-day tournament catches topping the 40-pound mark on five fish.—
Matt Williams,
Dallas News,
22 Jan. 2022
Noun
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Teni, just 2 years old at the time, was forced to witness the appalling scene unfold through a lens of innocence.—
Kyle Eustice,
SPIN,
24 Jan. 2025
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Attorneys for Michael Madigan opened their final bid to persuade jurors of his innocence by hearkening back to a memorable nickname for the former speaker: the Sphinx.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Oblivion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblivion. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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