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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Noun
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For one night, Miami can relive the heyday of Overtown’s famous Black hotel The heyday of popular Overtown nightclub the Knight Beat inside the Sir John Hotel have faded into obscurity.—
Raisa Habersham,
Miami Herald,
27 Feb. 2025 -
Compensation screened at Sundance in 2000, receiving positive notices from critics like Roger Ebert and landed an Independent Spirit nod before falling into obscurity.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
25 Feb. 2025
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Claressa Shields, the undefeated world champion boxer and two-time Olympic gold medalist, has broken her silence following a suspension for testing positive for marijuana.—
Amber Corrine,
VIBE.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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For decades after World War II, a long silence engulfed Poland’s Jewish history and the atrocities committed there.—
Shira Li Bartov,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Feb. 2025
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And, whereas during the first Trump term there was enough chaos and resistance inside the government that some of Trump’s more damaging impulses—to withdraw from NATO, for example—could be slow-walked into oblivion, this time around was different.—
Keith Gessen,
The New Yorker,
26 Feb. 2025
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Once again, her stern words earned tepid applause from a crowd that honestly just wanted to go two hours without thinking about humanity's downward trajectory into civil, moral, and environmental oblivion.—
Kristen Baldwin,
EW.com,
24 Feb. 2025
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The person requested anonymity because the deal has not been finalized.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
7 Mar. 2025
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This relative anonymity can be a significant tailwind in a trade war scenario.—
Ivan Illan,
Forbes,
6 Mar. 2025
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“Namelessness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/namelessness. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.
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