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Recent Examples of nothingness
Plan It: Massacre Rim Dark Sky Sanctuary Out There in Nevada
So many people think that Nevada is just the Strip and then a vast expanse of nothingness.
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
Her sentences, always at the shore of some great nothingness, have the intricacies and echoes of a conch shell.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
My ophthalmologist had plunged me into a diagnostic void, into a world of clinical nothingness.
—Peter Ubel, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
From there, the movie around her is soon reduced to a nothingness of its own making.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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Graham Averill, Outside Online, 3 Mar. 2025
Her sentences, always at the shore of some great nothingness, have the intricacies and echoes of a conch shell.
—Audrey Wollen, The New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2025
My ophthalmologist had plunged me into a diagnostic void, into a world of clinical nothingness.
—Peter Ubel, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
From there, the movie around her is soon reduced to a nothingness of its own making.
—Chase Hutchinson, IndieWire, 28 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothingness
Noun
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For Pope Francis, Cardinal Kevin Joseph Farrell, the church camerlengo, or cardinal chamberlain (the official that manages the household of the pope), presided over the certification of death and the placement of the body in a coffin.—
George Petras,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2025
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The news of his death began a nine-day period of mourning, known as Novendiale.—
Kirsty Hatcher,
People.com,
22 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Into the Pigeon cave Roughly 14,700 years ago, a group of people were living and burning their dead in a cave located in what is now Morocco.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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Russia’s Tass news agency earlier said the Russian dead included at least two children, citing the country’s consul in Hurghada.—
Samy Magdy,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Black women, who face higher rates of pregnancy complications and maternal mortality, often need additional medical care that comes with additional costs.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
21 Apr. 2025
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Even more striking, their risk of cardiovascular disease mortality dropped by up to 40%, despite not participating in structured workouts.—
Ximena Araya-Fischel,
Forbes.com,
19 Apr. 2025
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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothingness. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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