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
Hot wind is coming out of the Milky Way’s black hole.
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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
Advertisement So far, JWST has been able to observe galaxies, supernovae, and black holes as far back as 300 million years after the Big Bang.
—Richard Panek, Time, 25 Dec. 2025
This statistical black hole fuels wild speculation.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
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Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
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
Advertisement So far, JWST has been able to observe galaxies, supernovae, and black holes as far back as 300 million years after the Big Bang.
—Richard Panek, Time, 25 Dec. 2025
This statistical black hole fuels wild speculation.
—Christian Edwards, CNN Money, 12 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
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Instead, the general indifference shown toward its own story — or, at least, the best versions of it — comes to emphasize the emptiness at its core.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
8 Jan. 2026
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He was left with an unfamiliar emptiness.—
Cara Lynn Shultz,
PEOPLE,
6 Jan. 2026
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The amendment also authorizes the President to appoint, and Congress to confirm, a new Vice President if a vacancy occurs in that office.—
Callum Sutherland,
Time,
21 Jan. 2026
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Currently, the town is financially stable due to growth driven by one-time revenues, like money saved from high interest income and savings from vacancies.—
Nollyanne Delacruz,
Mercury News,
21 Jan. 2026
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After transferring from Colorado, Hood helped the Volunteers fill the void created by the absence of Jermod McCoy.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Jan. 2026
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The Mets have been linked to Valdez, who would fill their void for a top-of-the-rotation starter, but president of baseball operations David Stearns has preferred to keep contracts for pitchers short.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Thiago had produced four successive blanks and there had been a significant drop in his underlying numbers.—
Holly Shand,
New York Times,
15 Jan. 2026
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At the time of execution, four members will have guns with live ammunition and one member will have a gun with blanks.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20hole. Accessed 22 Jan. 2026.
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