nonbeing

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Noun
  • To cushion their sinuous eucalyptus forms, the duo came up with their own spin on traditional Banarasi fabric: an archival herringbone motif overlaid with numerical zeros that nod to Brahmagupta, the Hindu mathematician who developed the concept of nothingness in 628 AD.
    Mel Studach, Architectural Digest, 21 Jan. 2025
  • Much of the story seems to be about waiting, and then what happens after that waiting comes to an end: the disappointment, pain, or even nothingness that eventually follows.
    Dennis Zhou, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2024
Noun
  • The body simply won’t lose consciousness, and losing it is something that cannot be willed into existence, or, rather, into nonexistence.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
  • There are a lot of ways to interpret that, but one thing that is built into the conceit of the show is that, for the innies, the choice is work or nonexistence.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • There was a woozy unreality about that first glimpse.
    Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Schwarzenegger’s hand getting enmeshed in the T-1000’s liquid skull emphasizes unreality, yet every time a Terminator throws the other against another machine, it’s done with the strength of human force.
    Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
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“Nonbeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbeing. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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