as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
oddly enough we like the anonymity of being a part of an enormous crowd
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Recent Examples of anonymity
Some people at the White House believed it had been sent prematurely, according to the three people, who requested anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly about internal discussions.
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Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Prior to Miller’s deal, however, Blitzer first offered to sell the teams to Smith, giving SEG the opportunity to expand its Utah sports empire, said the person, who was granted anonymity because the details are private.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Each was granted anonymity to speak freely about the two rosters.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
But crucially, this sense of anonymity and inscrutability is punctured by the cast.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025
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Michael S. Schmidt, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Prior to Miller’s deal, however, Blitzer first offered to sell the teams to Smith, giving SEG the opportunity to expand its Utah sports empire, said the person, who was granted anonymity because the details are private.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Each was granted anonymity to speak freely about the two rosters.
—Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 17 Apr. 2025
But crucially, this sense of anonymity and inscrutability is punctured by the cast.
—Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 17 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
Noun
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Where cost per ton, energy inputs, and integration pathways will decide who wins contracts from Microsoft and Stripe — and who fades into obscurity.—
Phil De Luna,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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While many frontier towns have faded into obscurity, Pray still has its own zip code—59865—thanks to this working government service.—
Colin Burke,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Apr. 2025
Noun
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So witnessing my own professional society choose silence in this moment hit differently.—
Angel Algarin,
Scientific American,
17 Apr. 2025
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No person or public official should be targeted because of their faith, and no community should wonder whether such acts will be met with silence.—
Caitlin Yilek,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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The national championship follows those back-to-back titles but — unlike those — was dragged out of oblivion.—
Brian Hamilton,
New York Times,
8 Apr. 2025
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Such a narrow escape from oblivion would have shocked his fellow-Romans.—
Daniel Mendelsohn,
New Yorker,
31 Mar. 2025
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 28 Apr. 2025.
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