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Recent Examples of blanks
Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Hissrich mentions needing to fill in a lot of the blanks left in that character's story in the books.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Underwood helped fill in the blanks, but didn't feel right splitting the credit evenly when James had done most of the work.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Watkins ranks second among forwards for shots in the box (eight) but has failed to convert one big chance during this string of blanks.
—Holly Shand, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Students could then be assigned a diagram of the water cycle with missing labels; filling in the blanks on the diagram offers them a hands-on activity to reinforce the information in the quiz.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 10 Sep. 2025
While live-feed viewers were already in the know on some of what went down, the latest episode filled in the blanks on Tuesday.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The friends said the prop gun only fired blanks.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
In an effort to ensure gun saftey on set, the show used fake muzzle flashes on set without using blanks or explosives.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
Toklas filled in the blanks for him, sometimes unwittingly.
—Judith Thurman, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Hissrich mentions needing to fill in a lot of the blanks left in that character's story in the books.
—Nick Romano, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Sep. 2025
Underwood helped fill in the blanks, but didn't feel right splitting the credit evenly when James had done most of the work.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Sep. 2025
Watkins ranks second among forwards for shots in the box (eight) but has failed to convert one big chance during this string of blanks.
—Holly Shand, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2025
Students could then be assigned a diagram of the water cycle with missing labels; filling in the blanks on the diagram offers them a hands-on activity to reinforce the information in the quiz.
—Hannah Nwoko, Parents, 10 Sep. 2025
While live-feed viewers were already in the know on some of what went down, the latest episode filled in the blanks on Tuesday.
—Carson Blackwelder, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
The friends said the prop gun only fired blanks.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 8 Sep. 2025
In an effort to ensure gun saftey on set, the show used fake muzzle flashes on set without using blanks or explosives.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks
Noun
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For the company, this has meant navigating new forms of competing and adjacent third parties, while adapting its business model to contract NIL services directly with the schools themselves.—
Daniel Libit,
Sportico.com,
30 Sep. 2025
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The relationships that Mark forms in the course of his career are similarly simplified—principally, his hearty bromance with Mark Coleman (Ryan Bader), who is first his trainer and then, entering the circuit himself, a competitor.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Following his staffers' resignation, Pruitt released a statement that his office already had applicants to fill the vacancies and would continue to carry out its duties.—
Noe Padilla,
IndyStar,
3 Oct. 2025
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The Giants’ initial list of external candidates is believed to include most of the names that will be popular with other clubs that have managerial vacancies.—
Andrew Baggarly,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Yet Carr continues to drop next-level passes over linebacker and defensive backs while seeing the entire field.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Patriots went 4-for-14 on third down and 1-for-3 in the red zone against the Raiders, and Maye had some issues with accuracy, firing passes over the heads of wide receiver DeMario Douglas and tight end Hunter Henry.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An adult man allegedly used falsified documents to enroll in a Minnesota high school and reportedly played on the football team.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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In additional court documents viewed by VIBE, the prosecutors have asked the Judge that Combs be sentenced to no less than 135 months’ imprisonment, or about 11 years and 3 months behind bars.—
DeMicia Inman,
VIBE.com,
30 Sep. 2025
Noun
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In total, nearly 12 tons of grout — approximately 1,740 gallons — have been pumped into the famous ocher walls to fill existing voids.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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In an interview with Variety, Elliot says that Charleson’s death left two voids in her life, one as an acting partner and one as a friend.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The data analysis also ignores injuries and property destruction in non-fatal attacks as measures of political violence.—
Mia Cathell,
The Washington Examiner,
22 Sep. 2025
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But his mother constantly overshares, has no privacy filters on her accounts and ignores our requests to avoid posting our children’s names or our birthdays.—
Liz Weston,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Lately, some intriguing research papers have tackled this problem — a reminder that there may still be some fundamental breakthroughs that could upend the industry.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Many of these papers included advertisements and charged a subscription fee.—
Joshua Finnell,
JSTOR Daily,
1 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Recently, both the qualifying and race pace gaps have been trending down, and Hamilton is looking much more comfortable at the team.—
Nelson Espinal,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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With a constellation of eyes in the sky, forecasters could suddenly monitor conditions over oceans and remote landmasses, filling in major gaps in their models and providing an early warning system about potential storms forming far away.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
3 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Blanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanks. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.
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