as in ignorance
a state of being disregardful or unconscious of one's surroundings, concerns, or obligations
for two weeks each year the stressed-out couple enjoy the blissful oblivion that comes with a vacation at the beach
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Recent Examples of oblivion
Kennedy is not the only independent whom Democrats tried to sue and shame into oblivion.
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Rob Richie, Twin Cities, 12 Mar. 2025
The tanks going about their business pass a deadening scene of memory and oblivion, loss and recurrence.
—Robert Pinsky, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2025
Her main goal: to rescue from oblivion all those women artists whose genius was erased by the relentless hand of patriarchy.
—The Glamour Editors, Glamour, 8 Mar. 2025
Not every photo can be controlled — as Pennsylvania proves — but after several years of his image being meme-d to oblivion, the president is taking optics more seriously.
—Leah Dolan, CNN, 28 Jan. 2025
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After feigning ignorance and then glowering at Belinda from across the resort, Greg boldly invites her to his home and to speak privately about their previous acquaintance.—
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Elsewhere in the interview, Peck discussed the timely politics of Cabaret, noting that the show’s themes surrounding the rise of fascism amid societal ignorance ring eerily true today.—
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This Broadway Center Stage mounting is a tightly packed clown car, speeding to musical-theater nirvana.—
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Several tournament anglers have lived big bass nirvana on Rayburn in recent times, including a trio of single-day tournament catches topping the 40-pound mark on five fish.—
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Bernadette Rianne off-the-shoulder taffeta gown $1,135 NET-A-PORTER This voluminous, off-the shoulder taffeta gown is out of a fairytale in the best way, the sweetness and innocence it exudes is most unique.—
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He was exonerated after the Missouri Supreme Court found clear and convincing evidence of his innocence.—
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“Oblivion.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/oblivion. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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