Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonevents
Noun
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Anyone who is a disciple of Christ, the Prince of Peace, is never on the side of those who once wielded the sword and today drop bombs.—
Jordan Freiman,
CBS News,
12 Apr. 2026 -
Stantis’ drawing shows Jesus hanging on a cross with oversized bombs and mortar shells flying helter-skelter in the air.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sounds to me like the losers are the remaining students and this is why.—
Letters to the Editor,
Hartford Courant,
9 Apr. 2026
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Winners and losers are coming into sharper focus as the battle intensifies to retain and attract people.—
Aldo Svaldi,
Denver Post,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Trump has expressed a desire to push more responsibility for disasters down to states.—
Gabriela Aoun Angueira,
Fortune,
11 Apr. 2026
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His boldest innovation is to invoke not past glories but past disasters, summoning the ghosts of the United States’ catastrophic interventions in Iraq.—
Fintan O’Toole,
The New York Review of Books,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Not all lemons are created equal.—
Catharine Kaufman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 Apr. 2026
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Meyer lemons, which are a cross between a lemon and mandarin oranges, offer a sweet citrus flavor that cuts the creaminess of the cheesecake.—
Amanda Favazza,
Southern Living,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The company soon employed nearly 1,000 workers, but frosts and finally the hurricane of 1926 killed the sugar crops and drove the company away.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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Earlier in April is still the time for focusing on cool-season crops, but by the end of the month, the temperatures will be warming and the frosts may be over.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Trump is the most corrupt and scandal-plagued president since Nixon; indeed, his fiascoes eclipse Nixon’s, but many of them remain mostly or somewhat hidden, thanks in part to a much more acquiescent Republican Congress than the one Nixon had.—
David A. Graham,
The Atlantic,
8 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Sand tiger sharks grow to 12 feet and are often found around shipwrecks, experts say.—
Mark Price,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Apr. 2026
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Other shipwrecks have been found at the site, including the world’s largest 15th century cog.—
Lianne Kolirin,
CNN Money,
2 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Shaboozey doesn’t identify as a poli-sci expert but could still acknowledge human-rights catastrophes.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
8 Apr. 2026
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In 1941, Japan’s Pearl Harbor surprise attack triggered a nearly 2-year chain of American military catastrophes.—
Gil Troy,
New York Daily News,
29 Mar. 2026
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“Nonevents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevents. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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