Definition of white space
: the areas of a page without print or pictures
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Craigslist’s site is a scrolling list with plenty of white space, and Reddit currently still looks similar.
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The strategy, which is getting its biggest push from Microsoft Corp., is to leverage what’s called TV white space, the unused broadcast channels between active channels, to deliver internet service.
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The way Pritzker talks in code, though, stokes the greatest fears of black folk who navigate white spaces or welcome whites into theirs.
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The city's annexations there, including the Toyota-Mazda land, encompassed approximately 21 square miles in 2011 when Huntsville finished encircling the city of Madison (the white space in the center).
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The first turtle to make it into the outer white space of the track is the winner.
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The brilliant use of typography and white space combined to create a delicious feast for the readers.
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In the album's black-and-white cover photo, Towkio wears a brilliantly white space suit in front of the Pyramid of the Moon at Teotihuacán, northeast of Mexico City.
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Courtesy Echevarria Designs Floor-to-ceiling windows will show off the mostly white space that will serve as the canvas for the creative confections.
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First Known Use of white space
1946
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