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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Recent Examples of anonymity
But The Athletic has spoken to several Championship club bosses under the condition of anonymity and all of them backed the idea.
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Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The new policy began September 5, and its effects have since rippled across the sprawling agency, according to two people at NASA who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
At the same time, the anonymity lets viewers see themselves in the work.
—Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
One girl was under 12, but her exact age was not made public in Tuesday’s report due to anonymity concerns.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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Matt Slater, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
The new policy began September 5, and its effects have since rippled across the sprawling agency, according to two people at NASA who spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retribution.
—Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
At the same time, the anonymity lets viewers see themselves in the work.
—Miguel Sirgado, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
One girl was under 12, but her exact age was not made public in Tuesday’s report due to anonymity concerns.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
Noun
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With a single photo, though, Swift vaulted it from obscurity into obsession.—
Malaika Crawford,
Vogue,
13 Sep. 2025
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By the finale, Gaal is no longer the uncertain mathematician plucked from obscurity.—
JP Mangalindan,
Time,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Inside the West Wing, staff sat in shocked silence, scrolling to see the latest updates of news on their phones and messages on their computer screens.—
Eric Cortellessa,
Time,
11 Sep. 2025
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After a near-fatal experience, Kaif began seeing both stories and silences differently.—
Kaif Shaikh,
Interesting Engineering,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Within the first two hours online, high-level fighting players had already seemingly mastered the game’s beginner-friendly systems and begun using the easily executable combos to dominate the scene, air juggling hapless newbies into oblivion.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
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The Chandra X-ray Observatory, a sophisticated orbiting telescope, detected an X-ray flare leap from the center of the Milky Way into oblivion, offering nearly conclusive proof.—
Rebecca 'Becca' Dyer,
AZCentral.com,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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