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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The activist requested anonymity on safety grounds.
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Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the depth and the severity of the hack was not yet clear.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
And in the unbinding candor of anonymity, all of them confess it in these books.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
The Sudanese journalist who authored this piece requested anonymity for security reasons.
—An Anonymous Contributor, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
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Barbara Arvanitidis, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said the depth and the severity of the hack was not yet clear.
—Robert Legare, CBS News, 25 Oct. 2024
And in the unbinding candor of anonymity, all of them confess it in these books.
—John Carlisle, Detroit Free Press, 24 Oct. 2024
The Sudanese journalist who authored this piece requested anonymity for security reasons.
—An Anonymous Contributor, The Christian Science Monitor, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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