nonexistence

Example Sentences

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The SEC declined to respond, with a spokesperson saying the agency doesn’t “comment on the existence or nonexistence of a possible investigation.”

From Barron's • Feb. 23, 2026

Its nonexistence is, ironically, the main thing to emerge so far from the document dump.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

The other characters keep calling him by the wrong name, and he talks about his nonexistence in voiceovers at both the beginning and end of the movie.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2025

But in Alexander, Thomas declared his view that these amendments are in fact narrow to the point of nonexistence, addressing “only matters relating to access to the ballot.”

From Slate • May 23, 2024

A good case can be made for our nonexistence as entities.

From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas