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Origin of nonexistence
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Its nonexistence is, ironically, the main thing to emerge so far from the document dump.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 11, 2026
An SEC spokesperson said the agency doesn’t comment on the existence or nonexistence of a possible investigation.
From Barron's ● Dec. 17, 2025
The other characters keep calling him by the wrong name, and he talks about his nonexistence in voiceovers at both the beginning and end of the movie.
From Salon ● Apr. 14, 2025
It claims that these men are terrorists by virtue of their alleged membership in the Tren de Aragua gang—but evidence of this affiliation is weak to the point of nonexistence.
From Slate ● Mar. 20, 2025
His existence or his nonexistence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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