obscurity
Example Sentences
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Walker, Texas Ranger” — a series that never won an Emmy Award and might have otherwise faded into the obscurity of television history — found a second life on numerous streaming platforms.
From MarketWatch • Mar. 20, 2026
And more importantly, in the way of the internet, it’ll fade into obscurity soon.
From Slate • Mar. 13, 2026
In the worst cases, it gives the audience one last chance to laugh in someone’s face before they vanish into obscurity.
From Salon • Mar. 6, 2026
But while Loureiro ascended to a successful career and a prestigious nuclear-science post at MIT, Neves Valente faded into obscurity.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026
It was engulfed in the water and slowly crawled into obscurity, a beast either skulking or stalking.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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