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
The LRDs would naturally fade away as the growing, gas-guzzling black holes hollowed out their cocoons.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Bright and kinetic energy pulled helplessly into a black hole.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
In a State of the State speech that largely ignored any talk of the big, fat budget black hole that threatens to swallow the California dream, Gov. Gavin Newsom instead laid out a vision of the Golden State that centers on inclusivity and kindness to combat Trump’s reign of darkness and expulsion.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Trying to wrap one’s mind around the scale of civic destruction wrought in just 11 months stretches the limits of the imagination, like conceptualizing light-years or black holes.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 14 Jan. 2026
Bright and kinetic energy pulled helplessly into a black hole.
—Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 11 Jan. 2026
In a State of the State speech that largely ignored any talk of the big, fat budget black hole that threatens to swallow the California dream, Gov. Gavin Newsom instead laid out a vision of the Golden State that centers on inclusivity and kindness to combat Trump’s reign of darkness and expulsion.
—Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
Trying to wrap one’s mind around the scale of civic destruction wrought in just 11 months stretches the limits of the imagination, like conceptualizing light-years or black holes.
—Michelle Goldberg, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
Noun
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Kerr and several staffers compared the emptiness around downtown, coupled with the frigid temperatures outside, to feelings that existed during COVID.—
Nick Friedell,
New York Times,
27 Jan. 2026
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Many roads in Austin remained icy on Monday morning and many coffee shops and restaurants echoed the emptiness on the streets with their own temporary closures.—
Matthew Odam,
Austin American Statesman,
26 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The top candidates were chosen during a special primary election in the Saginaw Bay area to fill a vacancy in the Michigan Senate.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
4 Feb. 2026
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Matt Martin, 47th, said last week a vacancy on the city’s board of ethics has contributed to meetings not occurring due to lack of quorum, leading to allegations of campaign finance violations and other problems being punted.—
Alice Yin,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Feb. 2026
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As data disappears and health recommendations slacken, independent groups are rallying together to fill the public health data and leadership void.—
Lauren J. Young,
Scientific American,
3 Feb. 2026
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Running back Rico Dowdle was a newcomer this year, filling the void quite nicely after Chuba Hubbard missed some time.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
3 Feb. 2026
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But the blanks in D__’s name, like everything else in Poppick’s portrait of a poet as an aging millennial man, are deliberate.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
2 Feb. 2026
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Obviously, blanks were used, but the concussive blast of the cannon needed to be regulated.—
Aaron Portzline,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20hole. Accessed 8 Feb. 2026.
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