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When Amy cuts off Danny in a parking lot of a big-box store, what could have been a nonevent turns into a high-speed car chase with a side of property damage.
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
But the demise of Silvergate, which returned all of its customers’ deposits, is a nonevent in light of the fact SVB is 20 times as big, and that other SVB-size banks are on the ropes, too.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 10 Mar. 2023
The witness’s outfit was a nonevent.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
In those places, tax day is a nonevent.
—Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
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Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
But the demise of Silvergate, which returned all of its customers’ deposits, is a nonevent in light of the fact SVB is 20 times as big, and that other SVB-size banks are on the ropes, too.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 10 Mar. 2023
The witness’s outfit was a nonevent.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
In those places, tax day is a nonevent.
—Evan Halper, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2021
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“Nonevent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevent. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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