as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
oddly enough we like the anonymity of being a part of an enormous crowd
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Recent Examples of anonymity
RedBird has invested close to $50 million in the team, said the person, who was granted anonymity because the details are private.
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Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Instead, Trump’s order would pay TSA agents using money from his 2025 tax bill, according to a senior administration official who wasn’t authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
—Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Their anonymity may soon come to an end in waters 8,000 miles away.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
And that means checking IDs or requiring biometric identification for all users—the end of anonymity online.
—Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
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Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 27 Mar. 2026
Instead, Trump’s order would pay TSA agents using money from his 2025 tax bill, according to a senior administration official who wasn’t authorized to discuss it publicly and spoke on the condition of anonymity.
—Lisa Mascaro, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026
Their anonymity may soon come to an end in waters 8,000 miles away.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2026
And that means checking IDs or requiring biometric identification for all users—the end of anonymity online.
—Elizabeth Nolan Brown, Oc Register, 26 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
Noun
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One of the most painstaking architectural renewals in recent Los Angeles memory has finally pulled a world-class jewel of modern architecture from obscurity.—
Sam Lubell,
Los Angeles Times,
25 Mar. 2026
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Get ready to take center stage; a period of relative obscurity is ending.—
Magi Helena,
Dallas Morning News,
20 Mar. 2026
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That silence was also instructive, some prominent American Jews said.—
Eyal Press,
New Yorker,
30 Mar. 2026
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By taking a beat to sit in silence with closed eyes, people are giving themselves a moment to notice the world, rather than shut it out.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
29 Mar. 2026
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Until the economies of scale kicked in that would shove mechanical movements into near oblivion within a decade, quartz watches were priced well at the luxury end of the market.—
David Szondy
March 28,
New Atlas,
28 Mar. 2026
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Celebrate the endless oblivion of eternal night with an evening that recreates the city’s ethereal relationship with vampires in all their forms on this most hallowed of dates.—
William Earl,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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