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
By studying data from the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA Collaboration, researchers now argue that black hole mergers actually fall into three distinct families, each shaped by a different origin.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
That’s not clickbait: shock waves, specifically in catastrophically high-energy structures such as the focused beams of matter and energy pouring forth from a supermassive black hole.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Its escape games span from exploring ruins for treasure to saving the solar system from a black hole.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 25 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
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 12 Apr. 2026
That’s not clickbait: shock waves, specifically in catastrophically high-energy structures such as the focused beams of matter and energy pouring forth from a supermassive black hole.
—Phil Plait, Scientific American, 3 Apr. 2026
Its escape games span from exploring ruins for treasure to saving the solar system from a black hole.
—Matthew Geiger, Denver Post, 25 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
Noun
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Inner emptiness has always been a fixation of Ye.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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While fans would have surely loved to get any of these songs over the past five years in lieu of the chaos of 2020s-era Ye, there’s still an emptiness at the heart of Bully.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
Noun
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One such sensor uses the nitrogen-vacancy (NV) center in diamonds to measure.—
Ameya Paleja,
Interesting Engineering,
15 Apr. 2026
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The new members fill vacancies resulting from four resignations in recent months.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Watching this show might just be an alternative to screaming into the void.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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For Hansen, the first Canadian to venture beyond low-Earth orbit, one of the more memorable aspects of flying in deep space was the three-dimensional appearance of the starry void, the moon and the Earth suspended in space close by.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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After Suno spit out the concept, a collection of world-class musicians including string players and a drummer recorded the musical bits to fill in the blanks and add a more personalized human touch.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Apr. 2026
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On Thursday, boat security personnel will fire machine guns using blanks, which are pretty loud, Smith said.—
Erika I. Ritchie,
Oc Register,
9 Apr. 2026
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20hole. Accessed 17 Apr. 2026.
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