NONEVENTS Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

nonevents

noun

plural of nonevent

as in bombs

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Noun

In 2023, roadway bombs planted by drug cartels in the western Jalisco state killed six people and injured another 14.

— María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Nearly 40% of Russia's federal spending is allocated to defense and security, supporting the production of bombs and tanks that are sent directly to the frontlines.

— Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of bombs

Noun

Four of the last seven Super Bowl losers missed the playoffs the next season, including the last two (the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers).

— Chad Graff, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2026
Here’s a look at how the global economy has weathered the war — and the winners and losers.

— Matt Sedensky, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of losers

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Being able to better understand these trends and know what tools will be available to manage them could thus do much to shore up food networks and prepare for disasters.

— Anna Nelson, Foreign Affairs, 4 Sep. 2026
China is often slow to release complete information on the death toll of major disasters.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of disasters

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Glossy tomatoes on the vine, a wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano (party favors), piles of lemons, platters of antipasti, and dishes arriving from friends’ kitchens bring more life and color to a room than anything overly decorative ever could.

— Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 4 Sep. 2026
In the bowl of stand mixer (or large bowl, if using a hand mixer), put 3/4 cup (144g) sugar and grate the zest of both lemons over (about 1 tablespoon).

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of lemons

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Contained within all these fiascoes is a subtly different conservative movement.

— Benjamin Wallace-Wells, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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

Definition of fiascoes

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That didn’t stop catastrophes like the 2018 fire in the Sierra foothills that destroyed the town of Paradise and killed 85.

— Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026
Experts warn that catastrophes like this are likely to happen again because rising temperatures in the Himalayas, which are warming faster than the global average, destabilize the region's 60,000 glaciers and trigger more avalanches.

— Brittney Melton, NPR, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of catastrophes

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