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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Known as cosmic inflation, this strange, fleeting period is usually considered to have been an expansion of near nothingness because, at the time, most of the universe’s elementary particles had yet to blink into existence.—
Stephanie Pappas,
Scientific American,
27 Oct. 2025
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The first part of the drive is notable for its nothingness — nearly 90 minutes of sand, sagebrush, prickly pear and juniper.—
Matt Villano,
CNN Money,
20 Oct. 2025
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Every emotion in New Orleans is amplified, either by alcohol or heat or the constant threat of nonexistence.—
Jeanie Riess,
New Yorker,
23 Aug. 2025
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Mueller intimated in his report that his failure to prove a Trump-Russia conspiracy may have been due to the Trump team’s lack of cooperation rather than its nonexistence.—
W. James Antle III,
The Washington Examiner,
24 July 2025
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The cringing mortifications and unsettling unreality make the series a tough sit.—
Angie Han,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Oct. 2025
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Longtime Vogue readers can likely recognize Steven Klein’s photographs at a glance, what with their glaring colors, arresting compositions, and beguiling sense of unreality.—
Vogue,
Vogue,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Nonbeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbeing. Accessed 7 Nov. 2025.
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