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
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss U.S. disinformation disruption efforts, declined to single out Musk for criticism or to say if the federal government had appealed personally to him to take them down.
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Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The sources requested anonymity in order to discuss the case candidly.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Another banker who requested anonymity for discussing internal thinking at their company said nature feels more like a philanthropic topic than a profit center.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
Seemingly apolitical CEOs are privately raising this issue as their central concern about a Trump presidency, with the person insisting on anonymity to describe the private conversations with business leaders who want to stay out of the electoral spotlight.
—Fatima Hussein, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2024
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Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The sources requested anonymity in order to discuss the case candidly.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Another banker who requested anonymity for discussing internal thinking at their company said nature feels more like a philanthropic topic than a profit center.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
Seemingly apolitical CEOs are privately raising this issue as their central concern about a Trump presidency, with the person insisting on anonymity to describe the private conversations with business leaders who want to stay out of the electoral spotlight.
—Fatima Hussein, Twin Cities, 1 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
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Previously, supporting characters only played minor roles, and NPCs existed mostly just to make witty quips and fade back into obscurity.Josh Broadwell, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
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Constructing an actual, reliable inventory increasingly important to do given that recent laws have not merely set up costly programs likely to slip into obscurity and non-oversight, but because those spending programs are also freighted with regulatory effect.Clyde Wayne Crews Jr., Forbes, 22 Oct. 2024
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In fact, the 94-year-old’s silence this election season is a relatively new development for a business leader with a history of backing Democrats.Greg McKenna, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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This stands in stark contrast to Trump’s silence on the issue throughout her tenure as First Lady.Elizabeth Rees / Made by History, TIME, 1 Nov. 2024
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Promises her who knows what, seeing that she’s got to drink herself to oblivion constantly and choke down pills for her unendurable pain.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Pressly offers an antidote to this fearful existence, inviting readers to slip into oblivion: to recognize the freedom of being temporarily forgotten, and resist the forces that reduce them to what can be gleaned on the internet.John Kaag, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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