as in absent
not present or in evidence
our perennially nonexistent computer tech is, once again, not here today
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Recent Examples of nonexistent
Freedoms of speech, assembly and association are nearly nonexistent.
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Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
So, these black holes would produce powerful jets both early and later in their lifetimes, with an interlude in the middle where the jets are either weak or nonexistent.
—David Garofalo, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
Privacy was nonexistent, as the rooms in the early days were separated by curtains, and the communal bathrooms and showers had no partitions.
—Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
In the United States, China’s market share in electric vehicles is nearly nonexistent.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
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Lynn Northcutt Vega, Sun Sentinel, 23 Mar. 2025
So, these black holes would produce powerful jets both early and later in their lifetimes, with an interlude in the middle where the jets are either weak or nonexistent.
—David Garofalo, The Conversation, 31 Mar. 2025
Privacy was nonexistent, as the rooms in the early days were separated by curtains, and the communal bathrooms and showers had no partitions.
—Rachel Ng, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
In the United States, China’s market share in electric vehicles is nearly nonexistent.
—Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 25 Mar. 2025
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