as in nothing
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as in countryside
the open rural area outside of big towns and cities
from the looks of things, we're stranded in nowhere and most likely its proverbial middle
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as in obscurity
the quality or state of being mostly or completely unknown
in a few short years he rose out of nowhere to prominence in the tech industry
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Recent Examples of nowhere
Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
3 July 2026
But the Wild also had to replace three of their top nine wingers, with Zuccarello (Los Angeles Kings), Marcus Johansson (Sweden) and Tarasenko (nowhere yet) out the door as free agents.
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Michael Russo,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Sam MacHkovech,
Ars Technica,
13 May 2020
An out-of-nowhere VP choice might be enough to generate a boomlet of media attention, but there are limited options.
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Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
8 Apr. 2020
Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2026
And that, Sachin explained, was the last Sachin had seen of Rajesh, who was killed in one of the most brutal assaults on an American base during the war, his life canceled in a weird parenthesis, a nowhere land between nations.
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Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Adverb
One day while sitting on the porch, Sarah appeared out of nowhere, running towards them, shouting for them.
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Hadley Hall Meares,
Vanity Fair,
3 July 2026
But the Wild also had to replace three of their top nine wingers, with Zuccarello (Los Angeles Kings), Marcus Johansson (Sweden) and Tarasenko (nowhere yet) out the door as free agents.
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Michael Russo,
New York Times,
2 July 2026
Noun
While the series has officially concluded, this comeback special fast forwards to an entirely new, out-of-nowhere plot point and is therefore easy to watch for novices.
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Sam MacHkovech,
Ars Technica,
13 May 2020
An out-of-nowhere VP choice might be enough to generate a boomlet of media attention, but there are limited options.
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Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
8 Apr. 2020
Adjective
Labrinth has made a bold declaration against his record label, his longtime partnership with HBO’s Euphoria and the music industry as a whole in a fiery post that came seemingly out of nowhere Friday (March 13).
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Hannah Dailey,
Billboard,
13 Mar. 2026
And that, Sachin explained, was the last Sachin had seen of Rajesh, who was killed in one of the most brutal assaults on an American base during the war, his life canceled in a weird parenthesis, a nowhere land between nations.
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Literary Hub,
11 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for nowhere
Adverb
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That day, like a frustrated patron in the Champagne room, never came.
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Some of the women who were angry contacted the SFMOMA not simply to share feedback, but to try to ensure Bahr could never work with the institution again.
Noun
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Kober, who has been married for more than 75 years, was born in east London before he and his siblings were evacuated to the countryside during World War II.
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Somehow magically, someone created an outdoor garden at a lush countryside retreat.
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The short version is that after defeating the Kilrathi at the climax of Wing Commander 3, Mark Hamill’s Christopher Blair retires to a backwater world to live out a life in peace and obscurity.
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He had been dressed as a woman among the king’s daughters in order to avoid participating in the Trojan War and ultimately his fate to die a young heroic death, as opposed to a long life of obscurity.
Adjective
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The hotter evening side appears warm enough to break apart water molecules in the upper atmosphere, the study notes.
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Cover and cook on high for 4 to 5 hours or low for 7 to 8 hours, until the beef is fall-apart tender.
Noun
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Like previous host countries, Turkey is likely to use the summit to put its own security concerns and defense industry on the agenda.
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And, in a country struck by tragedy, this loss felt close to home.
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Within a few decades, the towns and their landmarks slid into oblivion, sometimes abandoned or, at best, struggling along.
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In the last episode, there’s a phone call with Frederick’s mother, who’s either in total denial or oblivion toward the situation.
Adjective
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Keep a distance from tall, isolated trees or other elevated objects.
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This is no longer an isolated contamination event but a broader patterns that is reflecting back human chemical usage in ways that were not anticipated when modern wastewater systems were designed.
Noun
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Kritzler, meanwhile, said his own offer to buy the arena was met with silence from the Oakland Acquisition Company.
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What strikes Sonnenfeld most, however, is not the conduct itself but the silence surrounding it.
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“Nowhere.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nowhere. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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