nonevent
Example Sentences
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Many fine festivities will take place on and around July 4, but compared with the years-long nationwide celebration that marked this country’s 200th anniversary, 250 feels like a nonevent.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2026
“Life is the nonevent, man,” he once told me.
From MarketWatch ● Dec. 31, 2025
Sometimes I get angry about the disparity of health, however much of a nonevent hearing disability is when compared to other maladies.
From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2024
The most important reason for optimism comes from a nonevent: The long-predicted recession of 2023 simply hasn’t happened.
From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 2023
Men’s soccer at the Olympics, therefore, is all but a nonevent.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 22, 2021