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
Delegations have expressed frustration over what was cast as a lack of planning and preparation from the White House and State Department, according to a person familiar with the matter, who was granted anonymity to discuss the agenda.
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
Many of the Iranians quoted in this article spoke to CNN under the condition of anonymity, citing concerns for their safety.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
Perhaps, Cryer posited, their anonymity was a strength.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
The deal includes three new minority partners, said the people who were granted anonymity because the details are private.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 5 Mar. 2026
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Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 7 Mar. 2026
Many of the Iranians quoted in this article spoke to CNN under the condition of anonymity, citing concerns for their safety.
—Kara Fox, CNN Money, 6 Mar. 2026
Perhaps, Cryer posited, their anonymity was a strength.
—Joseph Dycus, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
The deal includes three new minority partners, said the people who were granted anonymity because the details are private.
—Scott Soshnick, Sportico.com, 5 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for anonymity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
Noun
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Early was one of Boston’s biggest minor league success stories last season, rising from relative obscurity to earn a late-season call-up while helping pitch the club into the playoffs for the first time since 2021.—
Mac Cerullo,
Boston Herald,
23 Feb. 2026
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Once again, shared appreciation of obscurity is the great unifier.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
20 Feb. 2026
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Months of silence from federal office One new piece of legislation is aimed at helping families like Sutton’s.—
Nick Coltrain,
Denver Post,
8 Mar. 2026
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Their silence during the anthem before an opening loss to South Korea last Monday was viewed by some as an act of resistance and others as a show of mourning.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
8 Mar. 2026
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All of this culminates in a stunning sequence set in a rundown hospital, where the majority of the ensemble returns, and is forced into further moral dilemmas under the threat of oblivion, in a race-against-the-clock finale shot in enrapturing long takes.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
21 Feb. 2026
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The phrase, part of one of Banks’s most famous ‘Ty-rade’s against contestant Tiffany Richardson in Cycle 4, has been memed into oblivion.—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
17 Feb. 2026
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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