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black holes

noun

plural of black hole

as in vacancies

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 holes Using the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's most powerful particle accelerator, scientists have been on the hunt for quantum black holes that are smaller than atoms. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 21 Sep. 2026 Quasars are actively feeding supermassive black holes, so just gobbling up all the gas. — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2026 Is the universe just a black hole that is inside another universe that’s inside a black hole, that’s all black holes all the way down? — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 15 Sep. 2026 And at least the black holes weren’t breaking any cosmological theories. — Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026 Planting fake dark matter signals There are several candidates for what dark matter could be, including primordial black holes or an undiscovered particle. — Jacopo Prisco, CNN Money, 14 Sep. 2026

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Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter has reduced its pending service requests by more than 90% after filling staffing vacancies and streamlining its processes.

— Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026
Florida law allows the governor to make interim appointments when vacancies occur rather than leaving offices empty until the next election.

— Zoe Millán, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of vacancies

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The need for a federal workforce at KSC dwindled, and that’s when state officials started looking to commercial companies to help fill in the blanks.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Kyle Gauvin, the president of the board of Sacred Heart Housing, filled in the blanks.

— Katherine Gregg, The Providence Journal, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of blanks

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The goal was to produce a more uniform film with compact crystal grains and fewer voids and defects.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Seal Gaps Check your home’s exterior for small cracks and openings that can give hornets access to wall voids and eaves.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of voids

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Now those gaps were empty, glazed only by the view of leaf-greens and sky-blues.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
MXene nanosheets fill the microscopic gaps between those fibers, locking them in place and preventing slippage under physical pressure.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 21 Sep. 2026

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