as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
the facelessness of those early participants in the American civil rights movement
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Garage 66, the team that started this journey as MBM Motorsports and briefly seemed destined for obscurity, is now banking on a 22-year-old with a solid track record and a whole lot of determination.—
Greg Engle,
Forbes,
22 Jan. 2025 -
Her unusual trajectory, and her being based outside the US, may have contributed to her relative obscurity in New York.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
22 Jan. 2025
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As 11-year-old Mason, Daniels embraces the film’s aesthetic, too, one that holds silences and honors stillness.—
Lisa Kennedy,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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The Skymaster was largely forgotten, at least in the official and public domain, creating a chasm of silence for the victims’ families.—
Francine Uenuma,
Smithsonian Magazine,
23 Jan. 2025
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In the north of the Gaza Strip, Palestinians picked their way through a devastated landscape of rubble and twisted metal that had been bombed into oblivion in the war's most intense fighting.—
Mohammed Salem,
USA TODAY,
20 Jan. 2025
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There's a clarion call across many industries today: Enterprises must transform or risk fading into oblivion.—
Thomas Lim,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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Multiple sources told Mediate on the condition of anonymity there are concerns that the influencer could be using Jr. for clout, which Anderson’s reps deny.—
Madeleine Marr,
Miami Herald,
17 Jan. 2025
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But in Kingham, a small town with fewer than 1,000 people, Bake Off found a hidden gem that has retained its seclusion and anonymity.—
Sezin Devi Koehler,
EW.com,
16 Jan. 2025
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