as in nothingness
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Recent Examples of nonbeing
Most of us connect emotionally with being in that box, hammocked between being and nonbeing.
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Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Rivka Galchen, New Yorker, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonbeing
Noun
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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
Noun
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Navigating between autonomy and nonexistence is not straightforward.—
David Treuer,
The Atlantic,
13 Jan. 2026
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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
Noun
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To hear about a mass shooting in another city is to feel one is at the periphery of ongoing history; but perversely, to live near the site of a shooting is to feel nothing has changed except that unreality has come closer.—
Karan Mahajan,
New Yorker,
15 Dec. 2025
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In giving each of its characters new foils, the unreality of the show finally takes off.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
24 Nov. 2025
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“Nonbeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbeing. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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