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nonoccurrence

American  
[non-uh-kur-uhns, -kuhr-] / ˌnɒn əˈkɜr əns, -ˈkʌr- /

noun

  1. absence or lack of occurrence.

Etymology

Origin of nonoccurrence

First recorded in 1800–10; non- + occurrence

Example Sentences

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An editor from Bangladesh singled out the region’s contributions “to the nonoccurrence of violence and terrorism.”

From New York Times • Jan. 30, 2019

So far that has not happened, and its nonoccurrence is the strongest evidence cited by the faster-growth-is-safe school.

From Time Magazine Archive

What would need explaining would be the nonoccurrence of such dreams.

From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos

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