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
Department of Education lays off nearly 50% of its workforce
OCR and FSA staff in almost all regional offices were eliminated, according to the source, who spoke to ABC News on the condition of anonymity.
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Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Driving the news: Axios spoke to six current and retired air traffic controllers and instructors, all of whom requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
But two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio relied on a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 that gives him sweeping power to expel foreigners.
—Minho Kim, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
One Republican senator who requested anonymity to speak with The Hill expressed fear that Republicans will suffer a political backlash if the economy slumps, predicting that Trump’s tariff threats coupled with tech mogul Elon Musk’s push to cut federal spending will get the blame.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
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Arthur Jones Ii, ABC News, 12 Mar. 2025
Driving the news: Axios spoke to six current and retired air traffic controllers and instructors, all of whom requested anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the press.
—Alex Fitzpatrick, Axios, 11 Mar. 2025
But two people with knowledge of the matter, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive internal deliberations, said Secretary of State Marco Rubio relied on a provision of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 that gives him sweeping power to expel foreigners.
—Minho Kim, New York Times, 11 Mar. 2025
One Republican senator who requested anonymity to speak with The Hill expressed fear that Republicans will suffer a political backlash if the economy slumps, predicting that Trump’s tariff threats coupled with tech mogul Elon Musk’s push to cut federal spending will get the blame.
—Alexander Bolton, The Hill, 10 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
Noun
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Instead, the accomplishment faded into obscurity, unrecorded in our collective national memory.—
Cassidy Randall,
TIME,
14 Mar. 2025
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Monica Barbaro The year’s other big discovery, who catapulted from obscurity to arguably the people’s favorite in Supporting Actress.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
8 Mar. 2025
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Beth Holloway broke her silence on the case in a statement to Fox News Digital on Tuesday.—
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
Fox News,
12 Mar. 2025
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The name itself embodies Marques’ mission — breaking the silence around Black entrepreneurship by bringing these innovators directly to Silicon Valley.—
Angelica Mari,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Her main goal: to rescue from oblivion all those women artists whose genius was erased by the relentless hand of patriarchy.—
The Glamour editors,
Glamour,
8 Mar. 2025
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Not every photo can be controlled — as Pennsylvania proves — but after several years of his image being meme-d to oblivion, the president is taking optics more seriously.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
28 Jan. 2025
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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