nonevents

plural of nonevent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonevents
Noun
  • If and when American bombs start to fall, Venezuela’s military counterintelligence system will certainly be put to the test.
    Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • The brand is known for its luxurious bath bombs, four of which are included in this set.
    Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • The ability to create and absorb failure has always been a key resource in an industry whose losers historically outnumber its winners.
    Peter Bart, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
  • But Drew Baldridge counters the idea that nice guys are losers.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Excluding disasters, sudden surges of this magnitude in requests for food or any other need are rare at 211s, and can signal both public worry and need, as happened in the first weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic.
    Matthew W. Kreuter, CNN Money, 8 Nov. 2025
  • But Kalmaegi also collapsed flood-control infrastructure in the province that was ostensibly meant to protect citizens in such disasters.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Three flies hung out around the ice machine and around lemons.
    David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Adding whole lemons slices to a classic midnight pasta brightens the dish, giving it a juicy tang to all the salty, savory flavors in the pan.
    The New York Times News Service Syndicate, Denver Post, 21 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Timing of Application The best time to add mulch in the fall is after one or two frosts.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2025
  • These vegetables all handle light frosts well, and potentially some freezing weather too.
    Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 29 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The military sites included were in Saipan and Italy, while the Lake Huron sites were commercial shipwrecks in relatively accessible freshwater locations.
    Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
  • Stay at the Four Seasons Resort Nevis, which partners with Islander Watersports to offer excursions to scuba dive reefs, coral grottoes and shipwrecks just minutes from Pinney’s Beach.
    Adrienne Jordan, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • But catastrophes also tend to reveal deficits in society, and the patterns of destruction and abandonment that followed the fire—which have roots in America’s past and its present—tell us something about the country’s future, too.
    Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 10 Nov. 2025
  • While people’s claims history, inflation, higher labor and construction costs play into increases nationwide, Coloradans face the additional burden of living in a state where the risk is high of catastrophes wreaking billions of dollars in damage.
    Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 7 Nov. 2025
Noun
  • Golfers can stop blaming bad luck for those maddening near-misses.
    Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Even with Little's kick Sunday, the Jaguars are below average, in part because Little has two misses (one against San Francisco) from 47 yards.
    Mike Sando, New York Times, 3 Nov. 2025
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“Nonevents.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevents. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.

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