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What’s stripped out at its core—and this is the deepest core of the contemplative traditions—is a non-dual realization of wisdom, an experience of oneness.—Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2026 Survivors who felt their suffering was shared reported a stronger sense of oneness, with those groups.—Claire White, The Conversation, 15 Jan. 2026 Explore oneness with community, but don’t force anything.—Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 9 Jan. 2026 Explore oneness with community but don’t force anything.—Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 9 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for oneness
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of oneness was
before the 12th century