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Recent Examples of nonevent
At the time, the statement struck some as a nonevent and others as premature: the investments in and attention to artificial intelligence seemed out of step with the company’s core business of internet search and advertising.
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Sam Jacobs,
Time,
6 May 2026
While Wednesday was a complete nonevent in its second season, its star was nominated by both the Golden Globes and Actor Awards.
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Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
The nonevent is the void with which the novel’s following two sections contend.
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Nicholas Dames,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
But buying one or two items of anything in this store is almost a nonevent.
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Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nonevent
Sam Jacobs,
Time,
6 May 2026
While Wednesday was a complete nonevent in its second season, its star was nominated by both the Golden Globes and Actor Awards.
—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
2 May 2026
The nonevent is the void with which the novel’s following two sections contend.
—
Nicholas Dames,
The Atlantic,
7 Apr. 2026
But buying one or two items of anything in this store is almost a nonevent.
—
Anna Schecter,
CBS News,
10 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for nonevent
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonevent
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There were missteps for Arista along the way, including the Milli Vanilli fiasco of the late 1980s, but the label would become a destination where artists would revive their careers after commercial step-backs or dormancy.
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If only the look from the outside-in had measured up the same way instead of descending into a fiasco as thousands faced infuriating delays getting to the stadium.
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Days before the five-year anniversary of the 2021 building collapse that killed 98 people in Surfside, the federal government has published findings that determined the structure of the Champlain Towers South condominium started failing about three weeks before the catastrophe.
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Chile introduced a tax deduction for catastrophe insurance premiums and resilience retrofit investment.
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Rodríguez said numerous public officials died in the disaster, including security personnel, municipal employees and military officers.
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The Boyle Heights blaze, similar to the Eaton and Palisades fires, has revealed the region’s air monitoring can’t always tell people what they’ve been exposed to in a disaster.
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The housing debacle was one of several times recently that Trump suddenly threw a wrench in Republican leaders’ plans.
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This debacle is the subject of The Drive‘s latest YouTube video, hosted by my friend (and boss) Kyle Cheromcha.
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Today will not be a washout, but showers could have an impact on afternoon plans.
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Overnight rainfall coupled with the arrival of storms Saturday means the region could see a washout.
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The losers are the automakers still leaving accessories to the dealer, where the margin quietly bleeds away.
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That is a big risk investors take when trying to find the winners and losers within the biotech sector.
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Of course, 90 percent bankrolled by Sepp Blatter and his cronies, the critical flop (a zero Rotten Tomatoes rating) and commercial loser ($171,000 at the box office against a $30 million budget, America’s lowest-grossing opening ever) was never going to paint a well-balanced picture.
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Despite vast disruption in the industry, box office — particularly opening weekends — is still the shorthand Hollywood uses to declare hits and flops.
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Instead, Marsh’s bomb opened the flood gates for the Phillies to score eight runs in the top of the ninth inning to absolutely stun the Nationals and its home crowd in a miraculous 14-9 victory on Tuesday night.
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Both in the Broadhurst Theatre and on The Tonight Show, the number is a total joy bomb.
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“Nonevent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevent. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.
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