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Noun
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Navigating between autonomy and nonexistence is not straightforward.—
David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026 -
Navarro had previously hidden the fact of Vara’s nonexistence, even from Glenn Hubbard, who, in 2010, co-authored a book with Navarro in which Vara was quoted.—
Ian Parker,
New Yorker,
22 Dec. 2025
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After nearly 80 years, hope for answers to the infamous 1947 Black Dahlia murder had faded into nothingness.—
Peter Larsen,
Oc Register,
14 Jan. 2026
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Her personality has eroded into smooth, agreeable nothingness.—
Dani Di Placido,
Forbes.com,
30 Dec. 2025
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The theme-park-like aesthetic added to the unreality of Annie's situation, living mostly in solitary confinement for the years after the world ended.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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Contributing to this air of unreality is Kari Kankaanpää’s production design, in which everything feels a little heightened and stylized.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
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Trump suggested in the aftermath of that raid that military action in Cuba might not be necessary because the island’s economy was weak enough — particularly in the absence of oil shipments from Venezuela that stopped after Maduro was taken into custody — to soon collapse on its own.—
Will Weissert,
Fortune,
28 Feb. 2026
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Maybe the absence of specific settings doesn’t matter that much, but the auto-da-fé scene is anything but clear — and who shoots Rodrigo?—
Scott Cantrell,
Dallas Morning News,
28 Feb. 2026
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“Inexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexistence. Accessed 5 Mar. 2026.
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