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Explore oneness with community, but don’t force anything.—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026 Explore oneness with community but don’t force anything.—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2026 The dance, like the religion, finding a tighter structure and oneness with its environment.—Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 7 Jan. 2026 Premodern texts describe Kundalini’s fiery energy burning through the tissues of the body, shooting up to the crown of the head, where the feminine Shakti unites with her masculine counterpart and all dissolves into oneness.—Anya Foxen, The Conversation, 9 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for oneness
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of oneness was
before the 12th century