as in nothingness
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Noun
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Alexander Vilenkin, meanwhile, has suggested that the universe instead emerged spontaneously from a state of nothingness via a strange quantum mechanics phenomenon known as quantum tunneling.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
18 Mar. 2025 -
Mike himself has been hollowed out into nothingness, his character chipped away into a hollow avatar for a sensitive, caring man dedicated to providing women pleasure.—
David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
14 Mar. 2025
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So Far The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Despite the likely nonexistence of this fabled list, there are other aspects of the Epstein story that could be clarified in the years to come, should the right materials come to light.—
Miles Klee,
Rolling Stone,
8 Mar. 2025
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Something happened online, but the details are fuzzy because all the context has been flattened into nonexistence.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
26 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Julie Andrews sells The Sound of Music with her effervescent performance, and the wooden, awkward bits around her are, now, almost endearing — a kitschy self-own acknowledging the unreality of the whole operation.—
Will Leitch,
Vulture,
3 Mar. 2025
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Conor’s passionately absorbing, poignantly observed self-refraction from individuality into idiosyncrasy lends his very reality an air of unreality.—
Richard Brody,
The New Yorker,
7 Feb. 2025
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“Nonbeing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonbeing. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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