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Recent Examples of nothingness
At nearly 60, a life of nothingness without love—what is the point?
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Greg Norman , David Spunt, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Many start to fear that only a sense of nothingness comes after.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
During that same stretch, most American camper van builders have remained a little too comfortable with closet-like wet bathrooms and deconstructed spaces that break down to stealthy nothingness.
—New Atlas, 29 May 2025
This is almost always the case because space is mostly empty – nothingness.
—Jarred Roberts, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
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Greg Norman , David Spunt, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2025
Many start to fear that only a sense of nothingness comes after.
—Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
During that same stretch, most American camper van builders have remained a little too comfortable with closet-like wet bathrooms and deconstructed spaces that break down to stealthy nothingness.
—New Atlas, 29 May 2025
This is almost always the case because space is mostly empty – nothingness.
—Jarred Roberts, The Conversation, 20 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothingness
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Christopher Scholtes, 38, pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree murder and one count of intentional child abuse likely to cause death or serious physical injury in the July 9, 2024 death of his 2-year-old daughter, according to the Pima County Attorney's Office.—
Jose R. Gonzalez,
AZCentral.com,
23 Oct. 2025
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Of course, deportation or removal from the United States isn’t the same as death; Rubio’s unilateral visa revocation isn’t the same as the proscription.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
23 Oct. 2025
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And yet Maram wanted to be there—to stand with her family members in those first fragile moments of quiet, to celebrate our survival and mourn our dead.—
Mosab Abu Toha,
New Yorker,
24 Oct. 2025
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Four people were arrested in Conway on Tuesday in relation to a Saturday shooting that left a 17-year-old dead, a news release from Conway police says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
21 Oct. 2025
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But then there is that deadness that enters into the closing chapters, which might as easily be called inexorability.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
23 Sep. 2025
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Sign up for Being Human, our newsletter that explores wellness culture, human behavior, mortality and disease, and other mysteries of the body and the mind.—
Helen Ouyang,
The Atlantic,
21 Oct. 2025
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Legendary actor Akira Emoto’s character explores mortality and memory loss.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
17 Oct. 2025
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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothingness. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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