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
Feasting on gas, this baby black hole would generate enough energy to prop up the surrounding cocoon and maintain its glow.
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
The first detection, in 2015, confirmed a merger between black holes.
—Jorge Garay, Wired News, 24 May 2026
Many casual country listeners treat the ’80s like a mysterious black hole floating through the middle of the genre.
—Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 16 May 2026
This session, though, the budget felt more like a black hole.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
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Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 May 2026
The first detection, in 2015, confirmed a merger between black holes.
—Jorge Garay, Wired News, 24 May 2026
Many casual country listeners treat the ’80s like a mysterious black hole floating through the middle of the genre.
—Sam Goldner, Pitchfork, 16 May 2026
This session, though, the budget felt more like a black hole.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
Noun
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Interstellar space is unforgivingly vast, but the emptiness has some advantages.—
Kai James,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct.—
Chase Garbarino,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
Noun
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Edmondson, a former City Council member, was appointed in 2023 to fill a vacancy left by Councilmember Barry Leonard.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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The Toronto Sceptres and Boston Fleet also currently have vacancies at the head coach position after Troy Ryan (San Jose) and Kris Sparre (Hamilton) accepted jobs with the league’s new expansion teams.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Lyman, along with Eric Tobin of Hopeless Records and Mike Kaminsky of KMGMT, who also teaches at USC, got together to create the Summer School tour, a traveling group of emerging pop-punk and indie acts, to try to fill the void left after Warped Tour temporarily hung up its cape in 2019.—
Charlie Vargas,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
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Also, with the moon in Capricorn going void in your relationship sector after opposing Jupiter, emotions are running high.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
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This subversive summer scent trend is also a natural offshoot of last year’s influx of fill-in-the-blank-savory-food-girl summer; 2025’s tomato perfume is 2026’s sea salt scent.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
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Schmidt then fills in the blanks.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20hole. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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