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 OpenAI employs top mathematicians and physicists—including one who studies black holes, and another who specializes in string theory. — Lila Shroff, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026 Messi, by this stage, functions more like a black hole than like an athlete. — Sam Knight, New Yorker, 20 July 2026 These would fall back to the center of the galaxy and form a swirling disk around its incumbent black hole, once again feeding it and triggering a new period of growth. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 19 July 2026 The real conversation should focus on how to implement AI effectively to avoid it becoming a science fair project, a budget black hole, or a series of pilots that never scale. — Michael Chavira, Forbes.com, 17 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
  • The agreements arrive at a time when the South Bay office market has caused vacancy levels to improve in the April-through-June second quarter of 2026 when compared with the prior three months at the end of 2025.
    — George Avalos, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
  • Importantly, the new crystals are designed to ensure that some iron atoms are missing, a property known as iron vacancies.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 19 July 2026
Definition of vacancy
Noun
  • With a void in leadership and production, the Horned Frogs will need someone to step up quickly.
    — Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026
  • The Seminoles seemingly didn’t have the funding to be aggressive in the transfer portal and signed Daniels to fill the void at quarterback.
    — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 22 July 2026
Definition of void
Noun
  • The family hopes witnesses will come forward to help fill in the blanks about what happened before Wells entered the water.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 22 July 2026
  • Her brother, Tunji, fills in the British blanks for her, but life in Lagos was a time of playing on swings and watching her brother kick a ball with his friends.
    — Riann Phillip, Vogue, 15 July 2026
Definition of blank

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