white space
nounDefinition of white space
: the areas of a page without print or pictures
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And because so much of America remains divided along racial lines, black people who enter white spaces are often viewed with suspicion. — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, "A black 12-year-old was mowing a lawn. So someone called the police.," 2 July 2018 The black and white photos, combined with the confident use of white space works well with the touch of color in the headline. — USA TODAY, "Arizona Republic, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel lead 2017 USA TODAY Network journalism awards," 7 Mar. 2018 Technology and manufacturing firms are among those expected to fill the raw white space and to create 1,000 jobs paying $50,000 or more. — Jeffery C. Mays, New York Times, "100,000 New Jobs for New York: Will Enough Go to Poorer Workers?," 19 June 2018 Designed by Cleveland architect John Williams of Process Creative Studios, the new gallery is a series of crisp, white spaces inserted into a late 19th-century factory built with sturdy brick facades, thick walls and stout wood columns. — Joey Morona, cleveland.com, "Cleveland featured in premiere of Travel Channel's 'Eat, Drink, Haggle' with Lara Spencer," 21 Apr. 2018 Williams infiltrates white spaces on a daily basis. — refinery29.com, "Being Serena Lets A Black Woman Address Women Having "It All"," 24 May 2018 Focus on what lights a fire inside of you and use that passion to fill a white space. — Colleen Leahey Mckeegan, Marie Claire, "Kendra Scott, Jewelry Entrepreneur Extraordinaire, on How She Built a Billion-Dollar Business," 28 Mar. 2018 As the white space quickly exploded with color, Oliver only wished the wall were bigger. — Erika Pesantes, Sun-Sentinel.com, "Manuel Oliver, father of slain Stoneman Douglas student, uses art to help his son's peers heal," 21 June 2018 The two-dimensional screens compose a visual field corresponding to the amorphous white space through which the dancers move. — Christopher Knight, latimes.com, "'Made in L.A. 2018': Why the Hammer biennial is the right show for disturbing times," 5 June 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'white space.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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