as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
oddly enough we like the anonymity of being a part of an enormous crowd
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Recent Examples of anonymity
Lawyers say when minors are involved, courts often grant them anonymity.
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Kara Scannell, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss U.S. disinformation disruption efforts, declined to single out Musk for criticism or to say if the federal government had appealed personally to him to take them down.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The sources requested anonymity in order to discuss the case candidly.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Another banker who requested anonymity for discussing internal thinking at their company said nature feels more like a philanthropic topic than a profit center.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
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Kara Scannell, CNN, 1 Nov. 2024
The official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss U.S. disinformation disruption efforts, declined to single out Musk for criticism or to say if the federal government had appealed personally to him to take them down.
—Josh Meyer, USA TODAY, 1 Nov. 2024
The sources requested anonymity in order to discuss the case candidly.
—James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2024
Another banker who requested anonymity for discussing internal thinking at their company said nature feels more like a philanthropic topic than a profit center.
—Sydney Lake, Fortune Europe, 17 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for anonymity
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Kelce needn’t demonstrate expertise, and neither does the panel of celebrity-class obscurities: Nicole Byer, Ryan Fitzpatrick, Ron Funches, Lala Kent, and Sophia Stallone, who each recall schoolroom nobodies.Armond White, National Review, 16 Oct. 2024
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Trailblazers Some of the sharpest minds in science will be thrust from academic obscurity into the spotlight next week when the Nobel Prizes in physics, chemistry, and physiology or medicine are announced.Katie Hunt, CNN, 5 Oct. 2024
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Sometimes someone just wants to be heard and the best response is that of silence.Stephanie Innes, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
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State of play: 79 of about 119 countries or territories with elections in 2023 and 2024 had pre-election silence periods, per Staffan Darnolf, a senior global adviser at the International Foundation for Electoral Systems.April Rubin, Axios, 31 Oct. 2024
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Promises her who knows what, seeing that she’s got to drink herself to oblivion constantly and choke down pills for her unendurable pain.Yiyun Li, Harper's Magazine, 23 Sep. 2024
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Pressly offers an antidote to this fearful existence, inviting readers to slip into oblivion: to recognize the freedom of being temporarily forgotten, and resist the forces that reduce them to what can be gleaned on the internet.John Kaag, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Anonymity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/anonymity. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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