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Recent Examples of black holes
Instead of forming from dying stars, primordial black holes would emerge directly from extreme density variations in the universe shortly after the Big Bang.
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Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 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
More massive black holes have been claimed, but the authors of the new research pointed out that those other black holes had their masses measured indirectly, so their masses are just guesses.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
The flare suggests there are unknown populations of giant stars near the centers of large galaxies, which also host supermassive black holes — and sheds light on the complicated interactions between two behemoths.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The amplitude of gravitational waves arising dense masses (black holes and/or neutron stars) inspiraling into a low-mass black hole’s event horizon is the greatest in the known Universe.
—Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
Then there are meetings — the black holes of the business universe where time goes to die.
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Yeah, so there’s black holes, there’s the Big Bang, there’s search for [extraterrestrial] life.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 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
More massive black holes have been claimed, but the authors of the new research pointed out that those other black holes had their masses measured indirectly, so their masses are just guesses.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Dec. 2025
The flare suggests there are unknown populations of giant stars near the centers of large galaxies, which also host supermassive black holes — and sheds light on the complicated interactions between two behemoths.
—Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 7 Nov. 2025
The amplitude of gravitational waves arising dense masses (black holes and/or neutron stars) inspiraling into a low-mass black hole’s event horizon is the greatest in the known Universe.
—Big Think, 7 Nov. 2025
Then there are meetings — the black holes of the business universe where time goes to die.
—Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
Yeah, so there’s black holes, there’s the Big Bang, there’s search for [extraterrestrial] life.
—Peter Larsen, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black holes
Noun
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The Rochester Police Department in New York has 100 vacancies, according to Spectrum News 1.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Studying Sheriff's Office vacancies, hiring and excessive overtime.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
6 Nov. 2025
Noun
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The department placed its last order of blanks (the flat metal disks used to make the coins) in May.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the movie, Lanthimos doles out pieces of backstory in short, dreamlike sequences that unfurl in black and white, artfully filling in the blanks of Teddy’s particular interest in Michelle.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
Noun
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That disaster killed not just elite athletes but also their coaches, leaving seismic voids in US figure skating for generations to come.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
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From vast rings that encircle stars to mysterious voids that seem to swallow light, the cosmos is a playground for the bizarre.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Dec. 2025
Noun
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There were gaps and cracks at the metal flashing joints throughout the cook lines.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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As financial inequality widens, Vivian Tu, SoFi’s new Chief of Financial Empowerment is tackling the systemic gaps traditional advice ignores.—
Kimberly Wilson,
Essence,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Black holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20holes. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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