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
In the 10 years since then, scientists have detected hundreds of black holes coming together, as well as other extreme cosmic events like neutron stars colliding and black holes merging with a neutron star.
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Astronomers have detected hundreds of signals from colliding black holes over the past 10 years.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Such an improvement would enable LIGO to see merging black holes of different sizes, as well as potential surprises.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
Stephenson is a defensive black hole, and that showed up on the scoresheet, too, where the Kraken gave up a lot of goals against with him on the ice.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 11 Sep. 2025
Astronomers have detected hundreds of signals from colliding black holes over the past 10 years.
—Matt Von Hippel, Quanta Magazine, 27 Aug. 2025
Such an improvement would enable LIGO to see merging black holes of different sizes, as well as potential surprises.
—Anil Ananthaswamy, Wired News, 16 Aug. 2025
Stephenson is a defensive black hole, and that showed up on the scoresheet, too, where the Kraken gave up a lot of goals against with him on the ice.
—Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 31 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
Noun
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The emptiness gives her space to think.—
Keith Flanagan,
Architectural Digest,
11 Sep. 2025
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Voisin — who played another hero of a French classic in Xavier Giannoli’s 2021 adaptation of Balzac’s Lost Illusions — carries the entire drama as a lost soul whose physical beauty (perfect jawline, killer abs) can hardly conceal the emptiness inside of him.—
Jordan Mintzer,
HollywoodReporter,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Ask about tenant retention, leasing progress and how vacancies are being addressed.—
Andrew DeNardo,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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At the same time, the Senate is expected to take up a vote Monday on nominee Stephen Miran for a Board of Governors vacancy.—
Jeff Cox,
CNBC,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Unfortunately, the opening sketch didn’t offer much to fill the void.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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That unit didn’t have time to find a rhythm as Odegaard came off injured after 18 minutes, but like against Leeds United, Ethan Nwaneri was the player to fill the void.—
Art de Roché,
New York Times,
14 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Students could then be assigned a diagram of the water cycle with missing labels; filling in the blanks on the diagram offers them a hands-on activity to reinforce the information in the quiz.—
Hannah Nwoko,
Parents,
10 Sep. 2025
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During Mayers’ three-week criminal trial, an eyewitness testified that Rocky only had a prop gun firing blanks the night of the confrontation.—
Nancy Dillon,
Rolling Stone,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20hole. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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