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Recent Examples of nothingness
David Foster Wallace’s titular Depressed Person dwindles into existential nothingness, a speck of dust in the vacuum of her agonized solipsism.
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Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
There’s that funny joke that says, the discovery of the Higgs is discovering what nothingness is made out of.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024
There is a bright red accent on the right earbud (and inside the case) to tell you which bud is which, which is admittedly a nice addition over Apple's drab white nothingness, but otherwise these look like Cybertrucked AirPods in every sense of the word.
—Parker Hall, WIRED, 27 July 2024
Plot convolutions involving a Time Variance Authority (TVA) controlled by evil Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen) allow for numerous inconsistencies — not paradoxical facts of being and nothingness, just a setup for Deadpool’s interminable, rude, self-reflexive jokes.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
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Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker, 25 Sep. 2024
There’s that funny joke that says, the discovery of the Higgs is discovering what nothingness is made out of.
—Janna Levin, Quanta Magazine, 29 Aug. 2024
There is a bright red accent on the right earbud (and inside the case) to tell you which bud is which, which is admittedly a nice addition over Apple's drab white nothingness, but otherwise these look like Cybertrucked AirPods in every sense of the word.
—Parker Hall, WIRED, 27 July 2024
Plot convolutions involving a Time Variance Authority (TVA) controlled by evil Mr. Paradox (Matthew Macfadyen) allow for numerous inconsistencies — not paradoxical facts of being and nothingness, just a setup for Deadpool’s interminable, rude, self-reflexive jokes.
—Armond White, National Review, 26 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothingness
Noun
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Her official cause of death has yet to be released.Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 17 Dec. 2024
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That patch lives on largely unmodified, the way chunks of ancient versions of Windows, including that blue screen of death, still occasionally poke out of today’s PCs.Jonathan L. Zittrain, The Atlantic, 17 Dec. 2024
Noun
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That investigation led reporters to North Texas, where officials had come to treat the unclaimed dead not as an expensive burden but as a free resource.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 20 Dec. 2024
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The supply of unclaimed dead helped bring in about $2.5 million a year from outside groups, according to Health Science Center financial records.Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 16 Sep. 2024
Noun
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Fractures in older adults are a significant source of morbidity and mortality, as these injuries can lead to other complications including pneumonia, blood clots and skin ulcers from needing to be hospitalized and at bed rest after an injury.Nina Shapiro, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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Her second solo album, a collection of baroque chamber folk, explores mortality with striking verve.Stephen Kearse, TIME, 8 Dec. 2024
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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothingness. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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