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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With a single photo, though, Swift vaulted it from obscurity into obsession.—
Malaika Crawford,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025 -
By the finale, Gaal is no longer the uncertain mathematician plucked from obscurity.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Inside the West Wing, staff sat in shocked silence, scrolling to see the latest updates of news on their phones and messages on their computer screens.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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After a near-fatal experience, Kaif began seeing both stories and silences differently.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory, a sophisticated orbiting telescope, detected an X-ray flare leap from the center of the Milky Way into oblivion, offering nearly conclusive proof.—
Rebecca 'Becca' Dyer,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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And oh yes, the top half stretched to oblivion.—
Emily Temple
August 29,
Literary Hub,
29 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Some saw the alerts on televisions in the West Wing, others on social media, according to White House staffers who discussed the events on the condition of anonymity.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
14 Sep. 2025
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Robinson refused at first, but then changed his mind, according to a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Namelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namelessness. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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