as in emptiness
empty space
a conspicuous blankness surrounds the figure of the woman, for the artist is trying to suggest her deep isolation and loneliness
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Recent Examples of blankness
His beam wavered on a patch of blankness, or the corner of an amp, and then began to roam the stage in desperation, scanning here and scanning there—until, from the darkness, the voice of Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden’s singer, was heard.
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James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
This can leave a certain blankness at the film’s center, but Seyfried’s performance ably fills in the emotional details.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Its action is centered on the mind-bending power of the blazing sun and the bewildering emptiness of the sandy landscape; its grim premise is the blankness of death itself.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
This can leave a certain blankness at the film’s center, but Seyfried’s performance ably fills in the emotional details.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Its action is centered on the mind-bending power of the blazing sun and the bewildering emptiness of the sandy landscape; its grim premise is the blankness of death itself.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blankness
emptiness
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The boy jerks his head as if to wake himself, turns around abruptly and looks the other way, even though there’s nothing special to see besides darkness and emptiness, which is where a living eye should never look.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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Grogan isn’t alone in feeling the emptiness that can follow a massive milestone.—
Orianna Rosa Royle,
Fortune,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Blankness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blankness. Accessed 30 Nov. 2025.
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