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
Even as Canary Mission’s veil of anonymity has been steadily pierced, new information seems to have had little effect on the site’s operations.
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Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
To this day, she is referred to as Belén in order to preserve her anonymity.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The drone’s developer, who also requested anonymity, has not yet made fully autonomous targeting available to the units that buy the Vampire.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
The director requested anonymity for themself and the district out of concern about potential blowback.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
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Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2025
To this day, she is referred to as Belén in order to preserve her anonymity.
—Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 24 Sep. 2025
The drone’s developer, who also requested anonymity, has not yet made fully autonomous targeting available to the units that buy the Vampire.
—Simon Shuster, Time, 24 Sep. 2025
The director requested anonymity for themself and the district out of concern about potential blowback.
—Scharon Harding, ArsTechnica, 23 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
Noun
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Every so often, a special teams player emerges from obscurity.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 Sep. 2025
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You got plucked from obscurity to do this project.—
Chris Lee,
Vulture,
24 Sep. 2025
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After nearly a week of silence following his suspension by Disney, Kimmel is expected to address the controversy head-on—an event that’s drawn national attention and ignited a free speech debate.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Sep. 2025
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With no word yet on collaborators, the track list, or a lead single, Nicki’s silence is louder than ever.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
24 Sep. 2025
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Thus, all of the Face Cards are defeated, leading Mira to be zapped to oblivion.—
Randall Colburn,
Entertainment Weekly,
20 Sep. 2025
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Within the first two hours online, high-level fighting players had already seemingly mastered the game’s beginner-friendly systems and begun using the easily executable combos to dominate the scene, air juggling hapless newbies into oblivion.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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