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nirvana

[nir-vah-nuh, -van-uh, ner-] / nɪrˈvɑ nə, -ˈvæn ə, nər- /


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Those round down to what we call Nirvana readings—i.e., the low unemployment level of 4.0% and the Fed’s inflation target of 2.0%.

From Barron's • Feb. 21, 2026

“Frampton Comes Alive!” inspired a generation of arena-rock artists, including Bon Jovi, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins and Alice in Chains.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 19, 2026

Grohl became a star as the drummer of Nirvana; he started Foo Fighters in 1994 as a way of grappling with the death that year of Nirvana’s Kurt Cobain.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2026

They have been described as the band that made an art of being obscure and who inspired the likes of David Bowie, Nirvana and the Arctic Monkeys.

From BBC • Nov. 11, 2025

He possessed great knowledge, said the believers; he remembered his former lives, he had attained Nirvana and never returned on the cycle, he plunged no more into the troubled stream of forms.

From "Siddhartha" by Hermann Hesse




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