black hole

noun

Definition of black holenext
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 Based on this motion, Whitaker's team were able to measure the strength of the black hole's gravitational field acting on the star, and from that calculate the mass of the black hole. — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 July 2026 Whitaker expects that more black hole–star pairs throughout the Milky Way will turn up in future data releases from the European Space Agency’s Gaia Space Observatory. — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 14 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for black hole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
  1. emptiness
  2. vacancy
  3. void
  4. blank
Noun
  • Here, emptiness is not vacancy, but composure, proportion and room for thought.
    — Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Not even foundations are visible, and a long gravel road toward that part of the island leads past occasional farms and vast swaths of emptiness and then, finally, to a muddy riverbank thick with mosquitos.
    — Andrew Carter, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
Definition of emptiness
Noun
  • What the vacancy means for the GOP’s agenda The vacancy could complicate efforts to pass the remaining items on the GOP’s legislative agenda.
    — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 13 July 2026
  • The apartment vacancy rate and declining price in townhomes and condominiums have some people casting a wary eye on the health of the housing market.
    — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
Definition of vacancy
Noun
  • Graham leaves a major void in the Senate, where seniority can determine influence.
    — Meg Kinnard, Chicago Tribune, 13 July 2026
  • As cinema chains seek to supplement films from the major studios (which still lag behind pre-COVID numbers, though this year may change that), Fathom has increasingly been looking for a variety of programming that can help fill the void.
    — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 8 July 2026
Definition of void
Noun
  • Speaking with Goldman Sachs’s Raj Mahajan at the firm’s Apex Symposium on June 2 — audio Fortune has exclusive, embargoed access to — Griffin filled in the blanks.
    — Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 9 July 2026
  • Couric then handed the virtual mic to Molner, who filled in some of his wife’s blanks.
    — Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 9 July 2026
Definition of blank

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