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Recent Examples of blanks
Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
And then Kittle helped fill in the blanks.
—Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Besides shuffling tiles and deciding whether to play with blanks or not, the trio is hoping the studio becomes a place to unwind, grow stronger friendships and meet some new people along the way.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2026
Only bottom side Wolves have drawn blanks in more matches (15).
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The present-day scenes fill in some of the blanks.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Duval County has two lines at early voting sites, one for ExpressVote and the other for a traditional fill-in-the-blanks ballot.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
But the blanks in D__’s name, like everything else in Poppick’s portrait of a poet as an aging millennial man, are deliberate.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Local Aboriginal people are being trained to help monitor the fish so that when the scientists leave, their work will help fill in the blanks about the Bloomfield Cod.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
Noun
Williams turns out to be the film’s star player, filling in the blanks of London’s short, sad life, and his powers of perception lead the film to its extraordinary conclusion, smoking out a killer who was hiding in plain sight at every step of the way.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
And then Kittle helped fill in the blanks.
—Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Besides shuffling tiles and deciding whether to play with blanks or not, the trio is hoping the studio becomes a place to unwind, grow stronger friendships and meet some new people along the way.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2026
Only bottom side Wolves have drawn blanks in more matches (15).
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2026
The present-day scenes fill in some of the blanks.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2026
Duval County has two lines at early voting sites, one for ExpressVote and the other for a traditional fill-in-the-blanks ballot.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2026
But the blanks in D__’s name, like everything else in Poppick’s portrait of a poet as an aging millennial man, are deliberate.
—Literary Hub, 2 Feb. 2026
Local Aboriginal people are being trained to help monitor the fish so that when the scientists leave, their work will help fill in the blanks about the Bloomfield Cod.
—Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 27 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks
Noun
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As technology has evolved, car shows have also become a stage to debut and promote emerging forms of transportation.—
Charles Singh,
USA Today,
31 Mar. 2026
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After the entry of a preliminary approval order, notice and settlement forms will be mailed to class members within 10 days.—
Chase Jordan,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The district, which previously lost a quarter of its staff annually, reported opening schools with zero teaching vacancies for the first time after the project opened.—
Thomas White,
Kansas City Star,
31 Mar. 2026
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The latest data was published in the Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce’s yearly economic indicators report, which offered an overall bleak picture of the Bay Area economy, including declining buying power among residents and deepening office vacancies in the city.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
30 Mar. 2026
Verb
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Doubs is seven years younger, should be a little cheaper and is already well-versed in the Shanahan offense, especially catching passes over the crowded middle.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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According to Elmhurst police, eastbound lanes of the Eisenhower (I-290) were closed as crews responded to the point where the expressway passes over Vallette Street and Electric Avenue, where the 18-wheel semi-truck loaded with plastic was hanging on its side.—
Kris Habermehl,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Improper use of artificial intelligence to write and research legal briefs has led to errors in four criminal cases in Nevada County, prosecutors admitted in court documents obtained by The Sacramento Bee.—
Sharon Bernstein,
Sacbee.com,
1 Apr. 2026
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Mecklenburg County Attorney Tyrone Wade said the documents were denied because release would interfere with prosecuting criminal cases.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The claim, remember, is that these cosmic voids are completely empty of normal matter, dark matter, and emit no detectable radiation of any kind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Schoen used void years sparingly early in his tenure, but the Giants are one of the few teams currently with no contracts containing voids.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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But that argument ignores the structure of the program.—
Demetrius Atsalis,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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All pitchers agree that the guy holding the bat generates crucial data that a pitcher ignores at his peril.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Mar. 2026
Noun
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No folder of papers could be left blank.—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
30 Mar. 2026
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In 1916-17, de Sitter published three papers exploring relativity’s possibilities.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
30 Mar. 2026
Noun
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Data is the first step There are resources available to pregnant women to close some of the maternal health gaps.—
Briah Lumpkins,
Charlotte Observer,
27 Mar. 2026
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For the latter, a federal program known as 340B does an immense amount of good filling in the gaps in drug affordability.—
Demetrius Atsalis,
Boston Herald,
27 Mar. 2026
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“Blanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanks. Accessed 3 Apr. 2026.
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