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Recent Examples of nothingness
The scene of Stan’s eruption mirrors the film’s opening—when, out of blackness, a nothingness, the face of a boy emerges, his eyes sunk in fear.
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 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
Shauna then spies a swarm of moths attracted to a fluorescent light in the ceiling, dooming themselves to fly toward nothingness again and again and again.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 14 June 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
Shauna then spies a swarm of moths attracted to a fluorescent light in the ceiling, dooming themselves to fly toward nothingness again and again and again.
—Erin Qualey, Vulture, 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothingness
Noun
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In 2023, there were seven positive cases and two deaths, and there were three positive cases and one death in 2022.—
Caroline Neal,
Louisville Courier Journal,
2 Oct. 2025
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The initial air date would have been less than a month after Ozzy’s death, which came two weeks after the rock icon performed his final show, the all-star Back to the Beginning blow-out, at his home soccer stadium, Villa Park, in his hometown of Birmingham, England.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The findings from Southeast Asia push back the timeline of humans using mummification to preserve their dead by thousands of years, said lead study author Dr. Hsiao-chun Hung, a senior research fellow at Australian National University.—
Mindy Weisberger,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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It was built to honor the Confederate dead of Chowan County.—
Ashley J. DiMella,
FOXNews.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Falling in love, becoming a parent, and facing one’s mortality all fit into this category.—
Carolyn Dewar,
Big Think,
7 Oct. 2025
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Navajo County is expecting stressors as a result of the Medicaid cuts, Lacapa said, including an uptick in mental health issues, overload of emergency services, and increases in patient mortality.—
Ronald J. Hansen,
AZCentral.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothingness. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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