as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
the namelessness of the builders of the Mayan pyramids is no way diminishes the greatness of their achievement
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Noun
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Instead, the accomplishment faded into obscurity, unrecorded in our collective national memory.—
Cassidy Randall,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025 -
Monica Barbaro The year’s other big discovery, who catapulted from obscurity to arguably the people’s favorite in Supporting Actress.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
8 Mar. 2025
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Beth Holloway broke her silence on the case in a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
12 Mar. 2025
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The name itself embodies Marques’ mission — breaking the silence around Black entrepreneurship by bringing these innovators directly to Silicon Valley.—
Angelica Mari,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Her main goal: to rescue from oblivion all those women artists whose genius was erased by the relentless hand of patriarchy.—
The Glamour editors,
Glamour,
8 Mar. 2025
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Not every photo can be controlled — as Pennsylvania proves — but after several years of his image being meme-d to oblivion, the president is taking optics more seriously.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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The official spoke on the condition of anonymity before an announcement.—
Collin Binkley and Chris Megerian,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Mar. 2025
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However, since Trump took office on Jan. 20 much of the work has come to a standstill, according to eleven current and former officials, all of whom requested anonymity to discuss classified matters.—
Erin Banco and Mari Saito,
USA TODAY,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Namelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namelessness. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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