as in nothingness
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Recent Examples of nonexistence
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.
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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
Beyond their battles with the FTC, Read says, companies like Amway have sued bloggers and online critics (often former MLM participants) into nonexistence and imposed mandatory private arbitration agreements on participants that keep complaints out of public courts and the public eye.
—Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Unfortunately, saving the day also took the child the Doctor and Belinda had wished into existence and, basically, un-wished her into nonexistence.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 June 2025
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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
Beyond their battles with the FTC, Read says, companies like Amway have sued bloggers and online critics (often former MLM participants) into nonexistence and imposed mandatory private arbitration agreements on participants that keep complaints out of public courts and the public eye.
—Book Marks
june 20, Literary Hub, 20 June 2025
Unfortunately, saving the day also took the child the Doctor and Belinda had wished into existence and, basically, un-wished her into nonexistence.
—Bethy Squires, Vulture, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonexistence
Noun
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But that nothingness slowly but surely became one of the most popular sitcoms ever.—
Will Harris,
Entertainment Weekly,
10 Mar. 2026
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At roughly nine thousand three hundred feet above sea level, the thin subzero air assaulted my lungs immediately, and the reflective background and uninterrupted nothingness attracted my focus to hints of pastel colors.—
Cree LeFavour,
New Yorker,
7 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The theme-park-like aesthetic added to the unreality of Annie's situation, living mostly in solitary confinement for the years after the world ended.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
23 Feb. 2026
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Contributing to this air of unreality is Kari Kankaanpää’s production design, in which everything feels a little heightened and stylized.—
Catherine Bray,
Variety,
14 Feb. 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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Newborn mammals find comfort in contact, and rescue animals sometimes seek solace from fuzzy toys in the absence of their families, said Marc Bekoff, professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado at Boulder.—
KYLE MELNICK THE WASHINGTON POST,
Arkansas Online,
15 Mar. 2026
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The Bank of America Stadium crowd felt the absence of Messi, but found something else to latch onto.—
Colin Cerniglia,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Mar. 2026
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“Nonexistence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonexistence. Accessed 18 Mar. 2026.
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