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  • noun Plural form of nonevent.

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Examples

  • Because it turns out that these "nonevents" have been pretty compelling in themselves, creating big challenges -- and big headaches -- for law firms.

    Law.com - Newswire 2010

  • State-run television and newspapers such as the iconic al-Ahram initially dismissed the mass demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak as nonevents.

    Egypt's state-run media starting to shift from pro-Mubarak coverage Leila Fadel 2011

  • The European Central Bank and Bank of England both meet later in the week, but "are very much expected to be nonevents," said Andrew Cox , a currency strategist at Citigroup in New York.

    Euro Creeps Higher on Bond Auctions Stephen L. Bernard 2012

  • State-run television and newspapers such as the iconic al-Ahram initially dismissed the mass demonstrations against President Hosni Mubarak as nonevents.

    Egypt's state-run media starting to shift from pro-Mubarak coverage Leila Fadel 2011

  • Fans chanted "BOR-ING!" and sarcastically applauded nonevents, such as first downs.

    As National Championship Battle Looms, Oregon Reflects on the 'Toilet Bowl' Darren Everson 2011

  • Also, today's economic data were essentially nonevents, signaling investors are becoming more confident heading into 2011.

    FedEx Drives Stock Gains Kristina Peterson 2010

  • For two years, I watched a revolving door of nonevents that never stopped intriguing me.

    Through a Glass, Blindly Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • For two years, I watched a revolving door of nonevents that never stopped intriguing me.

    Through a Glass, Blindly Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • You know, I was tempted to fabricate some enthusiasm within this column and claim that all these downtown nonevents were latently metaphoric of shared cultural pragmatism or something equally ridiculous, but that would be untrue.

    Chuck Klosterman on Sports Chuck Klosterman 2009

  • For two years, I watched a revolving door of nonevents that never stopped intriguing me.

    Eating the Dinosaur Chuck Klosterman 2009

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