as in nothingness
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Recent Examples of nonbeing
Beloved ’s ghost is being and nonbeing, the chimerical in the flesh.
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Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Most of us connect emotionally with being in that box, hammocked between being and nonbeing.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2026
Most of us connect emotionally with being in that box, hammocked between being and nonbeing.
—Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonbeing
Noun
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For some of us, this is a very counterintuitive notion, as the notion of things existing within and moving through some form of empty nothingness just doesn’t make any sense.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 May 2026
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As Bastian reads, a boy named Atreyu (Noah Hathaway), while pursued by a green-eyed creature called G’mork (Alan Oppenheimer), is dispatched by the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) to find the cure for the mysterious nothingness enveloping the kingdom.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Going from nonexistence to existence is a remarkable feat.—
The Athletic,
New York Times,
5 Mar. 2026
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Navigating between autonomy and nonexistence is not straightforward.—
David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The percussive score by Joseph Shirley and Moses Sumney underlines this, and gives the whole film an eerie, curious atmosphere, lending to a sense of nightmarish unreality.—
Katie Walsh,
Boston Herald,
15 May 2026
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As to the actual debate, there was an aura of unreality among the Democrats.—
John Seiler,
Oc Register,
29 Apr. 2026
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“Nonbeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbeing. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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