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Recent Examples of nothingness
Quantum mechanics, the theory governing the infinitesimal world, doesn’t allow for nothingness.
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2021
Our phones now have hundreds of photos on them and videos of just pure baby nothingness.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Empty space threatens to overwhelm her lattice of pinpricks and sparkles; her granular timbres often seem on the verge of dissolving into nothingness.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
At this point, resisting the urge to rotate, the superfluid suddenly spawns a single quantum vortex — a whorl of atoms surrounding a column of nothingness that extends to the bottom of the bucket.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2021
Our phones now have hundreds of photos on them and videos of just pure baby nothingness.
—Tom Rogers, Newsweek, 26 Dec. 2024
Empty space threatens to overwhelm her lattice of pinpricks and sparkles; her granular timbres often seem on the verge of dissolving into nothingness.
—Pitchfork, 5 Dec. 2024
At this point, resisting the urge to rotate, the superfluid suddenly spawns a single quantum vortex — a whorl of atoms surrounding a column of nothingness that extends to the bottom of the bucket.
—Quanta Magazine, 6 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nothingness
Noun
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The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office will release the inmate’s name and cause of death.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 Feb. 2025
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An autopsy suggested that strychnine was the probable cause of death.—
Mara Bovsun,
New York Daily News,
9 Feb. 2025
Noun
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Those dead include as many as 11 skaters, four coaches, 12 parents and two siblings, according to a person familiar with the situation.—
Philip Hersh,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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But one vital character in the unfinished opus that is the life of Donald J. Trump will not be attending — the long-time dead Roy Marcus Cohn.—
Greg Marotta,
New York Daily News,
12 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Alabama is among the top states with high rates of firearm mortality, according to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.—
Natalie Demaree,
Miami Herald,
4 Feb. 2025
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But the findings did reveal that the condition may have a greater impact on women’s mortality—something researchers are still trying to understand.—
Hannah Singleton,
Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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“Nothingness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nothingness. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.
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