nonexistence
noun
non·ex·is·tence
ˌnän-ig-ˈzi-stən(t)s 
: absence of existence : the negation of being
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Beyond their battles with the FTC, Read says, companies like Amway have sued bloggers and online critics (often former MLM participants) into nonexistence and imposed mandatory private arbitration agreements on participants that keep complaints out of public courts and the public eye.
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june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Unfortunately, saving the day also took the child the Doctor and Belinda had wished into existence and, basically, un-wished her into nonexistence.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Something happened online, but the details are fuzzy because all the context has been flattened into nonexistence.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
The body simply won’t lose consciousness, and losing it is something that cannot be willed into existence, or, rather, into nonexistence.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Unfortunately, saving the day also took the child the Doctor and Belinda had wished into existence and, basically, un-wished her into nonexistence.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 June 2025
Something happened online, but the details are fuzzy because all the context has been flattened into nonexistence.
—Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 26 Feb. 2025
The body simply won’t lose consciousness, and losing it is something that cannot be willed into existence, or, rather, into nonexistence.
—Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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“Nonexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/nonexistence. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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