Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonevents
Noun
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The mixture of high-tech drones and World War I-style trench fighting has seen small groups of infantry — often just two or three soldiers — try to infiltrate enemy positions into towns flattened by Russian heavy artillery and glide bombs.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026 -
Ruslan Tyshchenko was a sapper who defused bombs in Kharkiv, in northeastern Ukraine.—
Carol Guzy,
NPR,
22 Feb. 2026
Noun
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There will be winners and losers in that equation.—
Julie Appleby,
CBS News,
19 Feb. 2026
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The country doesn’t have answers that don’t involve upskilling, education, or trying and failing to compensate the losers.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In 2024, the country experienced 27 separate billion-dollar disasters, totaling roughly $183 billion, up from nearly $93 billion the year before.—
Yoca Arditi-Rocha,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Feb. 2026
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This designation places the mission on the same official level of seriousness as the fatal Challenger (1986) and Columbia (2023) shuttle disasters.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
20 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Some coffee drinkers swear by using lemons to get rid of the stains.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
23 Feb. 2026
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Store ripe lemons in the refrigerator for up to six weeks.—
Hannah Harper,
Health,
21 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Seedlings will have strong stems that aren’t too leggy to survive transplanting and light frosts.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
14 Feb. 2026
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And do your daffodils, tulips, and other bulbs need protection from late freezes, frosts, and snow?—
Lauren Landers,
Better Homes & Gardens,
11 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Divers and snorkelers weave through forests of giant kelp towers, encountering famously playful sea lions, neon fish, and even historic shipwrecks.—
Lydia Price,
Travel + Leisure,
19 Feb. 2026
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The museum and the Cleveland Underwater Explorers have been locating and identifying shipwrecks in Lake Erie since 2001.—
Kerry Breen,
CBS News,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Kennedy has made no bones about his misplaced skepticism of mRNA vaccines, pinging off the proliferating conspiracies around the COVID vaccines — incredible innovations that saved countless lives during one of the worst global catastrophes in recent memory.—
The Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
21 Feb. 2026
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While Scarry’s books present such catastrophes with bright colors and good humor, Gomez undermines this cheer by superimposing on the mural a nearly all-black painting of a desolate tent encampment in front of a home destroyed by the Eaton fire.—
Sharon Mizota,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In fairness to West Ham’s attackers, the total was built largely on half-chances rather than glaring misses.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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But even with the tweaking and fine-tuning, some games are just lost on last-second shots or misses, no matter how well the pieces fit.—
Janis Carr,
Oc Register,
23 Feb. 2026
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“Nonevents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevents. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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