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Recent Examples of nonevent
Every day, police officers respond to reports of all sorts of events and nonevents, most of which never make the news.
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Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
When Amy cuts off Danny in a parking lot of a big-box store, what could have been a nonevent turns into a high-speed car chase with a side of property damage.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
But the demise of Silvergate, which returned all of its customers’ deposits, is a nonevent in light of the fact SVB is 20 times as big, and that other SVB-size banks are on the ropes, too.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 10 Mar. 2023
The witness’s outfit was a nonevent.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
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Emily Sweeney, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
When Amy cuts off Danny in a parking lot of a big-box store, what could have been a nonevent turns into a high-speed car chase with a side of property damage.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 6 Apr. 2023
But the demise of Silvergate, which returned all of its customers’ deposits, is a nonevent in light of the fact SVB is 20 times as big, and that other SVB-size banks are on the ropes, too.
—Jeff John Roberts, Fortune Crypto, 10 Mar. 2023
The witness’s outfit was a nonevent.
—New York Times, 30 June 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nonevent
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Guaranteed there will be no repeat of last year’s Taylor Swift fiasco, when host Jo Koy told a joke at Taylor Swift’s expense in his opening monologue.Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 4 Jan. 2025
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If the Kings were going to write a script for how to turn Fox into a sympathetic figure in this whole fiasco, this would be it.Sam Amick, The Athletic, 2 Jan. 2025
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Victims can apply for other forms of disaster assistance.Solcyré Burga, TIME, 17 Jan. 2025
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But in return for protection against another worst-case weather scenario, insurers would have to sell comprehensive coverage and invest in community disaster resilience.Carmen Balber, Rolling Stone, 17 Jan. 2025
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That tent city debacle is a blueprint for what not to do.Gerard S. Williams, Sun Sentinel, 15 Jan. 2025
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This caps off a year in which federal politicians zeroed in on private equity ownership of health-care providers, including the Steward Health debacle, and pushes Congress one step closer to new regulations.Caitlin Owens, Axios, 15 Jan. 2025
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An east wind will maintain a higher risk of rip currents along the coast, but overall, the holiday period will not see a washout.Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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On six of those instances, the games were postponed on back-to-back days, including a stretch of three consecutive days of washouts.Chris Kirschner, The Athletic, 22 Nov. 2024
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Green Bay, losers of two straight games, opened as a 3.5-point underdog, but that line has climbed to 4.5 points this week.Rob Reischel, Forbes, 12 Jan. 2025
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That would encourage a new period of aggression by Russia, China, North Korea, and a nuclear-capable Iran, in which America — and Trump — will be the losers.Trudy Rubin, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2025
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The Giants’ other midlevel free-agent signings were flops.Dan Duggan, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
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The sale, which was required by Congress, marks the second time in four years that an effort to auction oil and gas leases in the pristine wilderness — home to migrating caribou, polar bears, musk oxen, millions of birds and other wildlife — has been a flop.Lisa Friedman, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Nuclear arms race The worst-case scenario in an escalating conflict between the U.S. and China would be either side turning to nuclear bombs.Brad Dress, The Hill, 7 Jan. 2025
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Host Nikki Glaser skewers Hollywood A-listers with kindness, gets an assist from Adam Sandler Overall, a great performance, especially when compared to Koy's comedic bomb last year.Marco della Cava, USA TODAY, 6 Jan. 2025
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As soon as office building owners calculate the expense for all those items, the idea usually quickly fizzles.Rafi Golberstein, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The campaign garners some buzz but fizzles quickly.Shanna Apitz, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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“Nonevent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nonevent. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.
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