as in nothingness
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Recent Examples of nonexistence
Navigating between autonomy and nonexistence is not straightforward.
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David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Navarro had previously hidden the fact of Vara’s nonexistence, even from Glenn Hubbard, who, in 2010, co-authored a book with Navarro in which Vara was quoted.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
My own empirical research is based on the writings of the mid-20th century philosopher Paul Tillich, who outlines three facets of this fundamental human fear:
Fate and death – fears of nonexistence and uncertainty about one’s ultimate destiny.
—Carl F. Weems, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2025
Mueller intimated in his report that his failure to prove a Trump-Russia conspiracy may have been due to the Trump team’s lack of cooperation rather than its nonexistence.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025
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David Treuer, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2026
Navarro had previously hidden the fact of Vara’s nonexistence, even from Glenn Hubbard, who, in 2010, co-authored a book with Navarro in which Vara was quoted.
—Ian Parker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
My own empirical research is based on the writings of the mid-20th century philosopher Paul Tillich, who outlines three facets of this fundamental human fear:
Fate and death – fears of nonexistence and uncertainty about one’s ultimate destiny.
—Carl F. Weems, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2025
Mueller intimated in his report that his failure to prove a Trump-Russia conspiracy may have been due to the Trump team’s lack of cooperation rather than its nonexistence.
—W. James Antle Iii, The Washington Examiner, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonexistence
Noun
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For some of us, this is a very counterintuitive notion, as the notion of things existing within and moving through some form of empty nothingness just doesn’t make any sense.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
7 May 2026
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As Bastian reads, a boy named Atreyu (Noah Hathaway), while pursued by a green-eyed creature called G’mork (Alan Oppenheimer), is dispatched by the Childlike Empress (Tami Stronach) to find the cure for the mysterious nothingness enveloping the kingdom.—
David Faris,
TheWeek,
16 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The passion for sports is a matter of its unrealities—its past is more myth than history.—
Austin Elias-de Jesus,
New Yorker,
3 June 2026
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The unreality of Lexi’s play gave us a fun-house mirror of the show cast back onto itself.—
Fran Hoepfner,
Vulture,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Beloved ’s ghost is being and nonbeing, the chimerical in the flesh.—
Judith Shulevitz,
The Atlantic,
17 Feb. 2026
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Most of us connect emotionally with being in that box, hammocked between being and nonbeing.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
6 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Spain has more than enough talent on the squad to beat Cape Verde, and despite the absence of two of its best players, the team should have come out on top.—
Patrick Sung Cuadrado,
CNN Money,
21 June 2026
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Conspicuous by their absence are a handful of recurring performers, including Amielynn Abellera, Kristin Villanueva, Jalen Thomas Brooks, and Brandon Mendez Homer, who play nurses Perla, Princess, Mateo, and Donnie, respectively.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
20 June 2026
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“Nonexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonexistence. Accessed 22 Jun. 2026.
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