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
On February 24, the first night of public access, the system created and distributed some 800,000 alerts, sending out notifications for swooping asteroids, exploding stars, flaring supermassive black holes and other transient celestial events.
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
There’s one more factor that needs to be taken into account on the largest of cosmic scales, including for the cosmic measurements of the event horizon of the black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87, and that is the expansion of the Universe.
—Big Think, 25 Feb. 2026
If that's what happened, the faint infrared glow that's left is powered by the remains of the star continuing to fall into the black hole.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 12 Feb. 2026
This crystal ball may be like a black hole with an event horizon, past which the light of its insight cannot escape.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 26 Feb. 2026
There’s one more factor that needs to be taken into account on the largest of cosmic scales, including for the cosmic measurements of the event horizon of the black hole at the center of galaxy Messier 87, and that is the expansion of the Universe.
—Big Think, 25 Feb. 2026
If that's what happened, the faint infrared glow that's left is powered by the remains of the star continuing to fall into the black hole.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 12 Feb. 2026
This crystal ball may be like a black hole with an event horizon, past which the light of its insight cannot escape.
—Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
Noun
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For them, mental emptiness leads to physical clarity.—
Jacob Whitehead,
New York Times,
19 Feb. 2026
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The rich 35mm frames are captured with a stillness that emphasizes the haunting emptiness around the characters.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Her term on the Manor school board was set to expire in November; trustees have not yet decided how to handle the vacancy.—
Keri Heath,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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SoFA District faced high vacancy rates and bankruptcy, casting a shadow over other potential downtown projects.—
Devan Patel,
Mercury News,
25 Feb. 2026
Noun
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And Stella now wants to fill her own void with faith.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
24 Feb. 2026
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Anderson’s eighth double-double of the season — and his two-year career — was his first with rebounds and filled the void the Red Raiders (21-7, 11-4 Big 12) are facing without Toppin, one of the nation’s double-double leaders.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
24 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Only bottom side Wolves have drawn blanks in more matches (15).—
Paul Taylor,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The present-day scenes fill in some of the blanks.—
John Warner,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Feb. 2026
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20hole. Accessed 4 Mar. 2026.
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