as in emptiness
empty space
discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic
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Recent Examples of black hole
Over time, other nearby stars collapse and form their own black holes and finally all of the bodies merge to form one supermassive black hole.
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 July 2025
Sometime in their cosmic lives, two gigantic black holes crashed into one another to form something even more monstrous: A black hole equal to the size of 240 of Earth's sun.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Just lately, on July 14, LIGO scientists announced the discovery of the most massive merger of two black holes ever seen.
—Lieke Van Son, Scientific American, 24 July 2025
In high school, thinking about black holes kept Medeiros up at night.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
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Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 18 July 2025
Sometime in their cosmic lives, two gigantic black holes crashed into one another to form something even more monstrous: A black hole equal to the size of 240 of Earth's sun.
—Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 July 2025
Just lately, on July 14, LIGO scientists announced the discovery of the most massive merger of two black holes ever seen.
—Lieke Van Son, Scientific American, 24 July 2025
In high school, thinking about black holes kept Medeiros up at night.
—Andrew Montequin, jsonline.com, 24 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
Noun
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In Detroit, vacancy rates in these properties fell from 5.4% to just 1.3% by the end of 2024.—
Gleb Tsipursky,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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Even in downtown San Diego, California's office vacancy rate increased by almost 30%, the highest percentage seen in the last two decades.—
Dr. Dick Bridy,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The club are in the market to fill the voids left by Maddison and Son Heung-min, who was sold to Los Angeles FC this month, with rumours linking Spurs to Manchester City winger Savinho.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
13 Aug. 2025
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To celebrate her life and her work, without forgetting the painful void left by her death.—
Zac Ntim,
Deadline,
13 Aug. 2025
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In the second half of the season, the same rules apply: use your chips around blanks and double gameweeks.—
Abdul Rehman,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
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Kevin Morrison, the mayor of Greene County, Tennessee, where the blanks are produced, has argued that ending penny production could cost individuals their jobs.—
Sudiksha Kochi,
USA Today,
27 July 2025
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20hole. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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