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Oblivion

/əˈblɪviən/
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(noun) The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.

Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver. Finishing second in politics gets you oblivion.
I feel as if I've been thrown into oblivion.
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The once-famous singer's career faded into ____ after she stopped releasing new music.

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