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Recent Examples of nothingness
But that nothingness slowly but surely became one of the most popular sitcoms ever.
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Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
At roughly nine thousand three hundred feet above sea level, the thin subzero air assaulted my lungs immediately, and the reflective background and uninterrupted nothingness attracted my focus to hints of pastel colors.
—Cree Lefavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
Her personality has eroded into smooth, agreeable nothingness.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Jess Mai Walker and Joseph Ware’s artistic and geographic origins seem like a far cry from this distinctly American form of vast nothingness.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 19 Dec. 2025
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Will Harris, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026
At roughly nine thousand three hundred feet above sea level, the thin subzero air assaulted my lungs immediately, and the reflective background and uninterrupted nothingness attracted my focus to hints of pastel colors.
—Cree Lefavour, New Yorker, 7 Mar. 2026
Her personality has eroded into smooth, agreeable nothingness.
—Dani Di Placido, Forbes.com, 30 Dec. 2025
Jess Mai Walker and Joseph Ware’s artistic and geographic origins seem like a far cry from this distinctly American form of vast nothingness.
—Billie Bugara, Pitchfork, 19 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothingness
Noun
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It was first adopted in 2017 with a goal of reaching zero traffic deaths by 2027.—
Brady Halbleib,
CBS News,
18 June 2026
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In an effort to conceal the causes of death, Sit impersonated the owners and had the dogs cremated, according to prosecutors.—
Seamus Bozeman
Follow,
Los Angeles Times,
18 June 2026
Noun
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Perhaps most notably, in several areas along the Western Front during World War I, British and German troops spontaneously observed an unofficial truce to celebrate the Christmas holiday and bury their dead.—
Steve S. Medeiros,
The Conversation,
15 June 2026
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The Navy helped turn one of the few places where its dead still rest in view of the living into a recreation stop.—
Jon Duffy,
Twin Cities,
27 May 2026
Noun
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Did the baby’s livingness make Tomm’s deadness louder?—
Maria Zorn,
Longreads,
24 Feb. 2026
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There is, in the end, a deadness to its clichés about writers and their subjects.—
Doreen St. Félix,
New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The southern elephant seal pup mortality was estimated to be 76% across a population of 17,000 seal pups born on the islands, the program said.—
Kathleen Magramo,
CNN Money,
19 June 2026
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Women in rural areas face higher rates of maternal morbidity and mortality, particularly among low-income communities and Black and Indigenous women — disparities documented by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Jocelyn Mitchell-Williams,
STAT,
19 June 2026
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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothingness. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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