thingness

as in existence
the fact of being or of being real conceptual artists have taken the thingness out of art, asserting that the artistic vision is embodied in the concept and not in any particular object

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Recent Examples of thingness But these moments of exhilaration, and greatness, and surprise are too often offset by a too-much-of-a-good-thingness (especially due to length), and carbon copied moments from Empire and Jedi. Simon Abrams, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Dec. 2017
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existence
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  • The April 11 attack, whose details have emerged in the weeks since, was the worst ever at Zamzam, Sudan’s largest displacement camp, in its 20 years of existence.
    Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 18 May 2025
  • The approvals were critical for a heavily indebted airline that has been eking out an existence for more than four months with the help of interim court approvals to use the cash generated by operations.
    David Lyons, Sun Sentinel, 17 May 2025

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“Thingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/thingness. Accessed 24 May. 2025.

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