as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
the namelessness of the builders of the Mayan pyramids is no way diminishes the greatness of their achievement
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The short version is that after defeating the Kilrathi at the climax of Wing Commander 3, Mark Hamill’s Christopher Blair retires to a backwater world to live out a life in peace and obscurity.
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He had been dressed as a woman among the king’s daughters in order to avoid participating in the Trojan War and ultimately his fate to die a young heroic death, as opposed to a long life of obscurity.
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Kritzler, meanwhile, said his own offer to buy the arena was met with silence from the Oakland Acquisition Company.
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What strikes Sonnenfeld most, however, is not the conduct itself but the silence surrounding it.
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Within a few decades, the towns and their landmarks slid into oblivion, sometimes abandoned or, at best, struggling along.
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In the last episode, there’s a phone call with Frederick’s mother, who’s either in total denial or oblivion toward the situation.
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Years on, living in Mumbai and retreating to the anonymity of the background row, she is gradually drawn back toward the stage.
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And the National Park Foundation’s president has told Congress that donors who request anonymity will not be disclosed, according to congressional Democrats.
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“Namelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namelessness. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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