black holes

Definition of black holesnext
plural of black hole
as in vacancies
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 holes Galactic cosmic rays originate from a variety of sources in space, such as stars, supernovae and black holes. K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026 Seeing supermassive black holes before the universe was 1 billion years old therefore presents a considerable puzzle. Robert Lea, Space.com, 23 Mar. 2026 And while your guesses have been out of this world, Ken, there are some major black holes in your constellation map. Michael Schneider, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026 However, these initial assumptions were later upended by further observations, paving the way for several new hypotheses, many of them still involving black holes. Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 17 Mar. 2026 The finding could also help scientists understand how extremely massive stellar-mass black holes form. Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 14 Mar. 2026
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Noun
  • The district, which previously lost a quarter of its staff annually, reported opening schools with zero teaching vacancies for the first time after the project opened.
    Thomas White, Kansas City Star, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The latest data was published in the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s yearly economic indicators report, which offered an overall bleak picture of the Bay Area economy, including declining buying power among residents and deepening office vacancies in the city.
    Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 30 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Williams turns out to be the film’s star player, filling in the blanks of London’s short, sad life, and his powers of perception lead the film to its extraordinary conclusion, smoking out a killer who was hiding in plain sight at every step of the way.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
  • And then Kittle helped fill in the blanks.
    Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • The claim, remember, is that these cosmic voids are completely empty of normal matter, dark matter, and emit no detectable radiation of any kind.
    Big Think, Big Think, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Schoen used void years sparingly early in his tenure, but the Giants are one of the few teams currently with no contracts containing voids.
    Dan Duggan, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • Data is the first step There are resources available to pregnant women to close some of the maternal health gaps.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 27 Mar. 2026
  • For the latter, a federal program known as 340B does an immense amount of good filling in the gaps in drug affordability.
    Demetrius Atsalis, Boston Herald, 27 Mar. 2026

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“Black holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20holes. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.

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