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Recent Examples of blanks
Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Resist the urge to fill in the blanks — the moon will oppose Neptune and Saturn, creating tension and confusion around what’s real and what’s merely projection.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
The site may ask you to connect with a chat bot to fill in any blanks in your application.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Thoughts race, filling in the blanks with worst-case scenarios.
—Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
For me, the most important thing about a film is to give space, or to create blanks that the audience can fill in for themselves — not to force my ideas or a message onto the audience.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
If the CC&Rs do not answer the question, the Davis-Stirling Act fills in the blanks.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
Unbeknownst to Lydia, the gun is loaded with blanks.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Noun
Schmidt then fills in the blanks.
—Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
Resist the urge to fill in the blanks — the moon will oppose Neptune and Saturn, creating tension and confusion around what’s real and what’s merely projection.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 25 May 2026
The site may ask you to connect with a chat bot to fill in any blanks in your application.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
Thoughts race, filling in the blanks with worst-case scenarios.
—Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
For me, the most important thing about a film is to give space, or to create blanks that the audience can fill in for themselves — not to force my ideas or a message onto the audience.
—Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 12 May 2026
If the CC&Rs do not answer the question, the Davis-Stirling Act fills in the blanks.
—Kelly G. Richardson, Oc Register, 8 May 2026
That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Apr. 2026
Unbeknownst to Lydia, the gun is loaded with blanks.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks
Noun
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Both photographers transform trees into arboreal personae through intent perusal and framing, deploy cars less as signifiers than as compositional forms, and relish discovering architectural oddities.—
James Quandt,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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Carney said his government has introduced legislation over the last year to combat antisemitism and other forms of hatred.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
2 June 2026
Noun
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The Toronto Sceptres and Boston Fleet also currently have vacancies at the head coach position after Troy Ryan (San Jose) and Kris Sparre (Hamilton) accepted jobs with the league’s new expansion teams.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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Long before years of vacancies and disinvestment altered the landscape, Prospect was lined with businesses, gathering places and institutions that served as the center of daily life for many Black residents.—
J.M. Banks
June 1,
Kansas City Star,
1 June 2026
Verb
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The first phase of the program will distribute a maximum of 20,000 single-day passes over the course of the year.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
28 May 2026
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Frequent passes over the same path lead to soil compaction, which inhibits turf growth due to the roots not being able to freely access water and nutrients.—
Megan Hughes,
Better Homes & Gardens,
19 May 2026
Noun
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Per the charging documents and jail records, Moore is being held without bail at the Clackamas County jail.—
Clare Fisher,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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Users can review calendar schedules, access documents, and interact with workplace data through voice commands and touch controls.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
Noun
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The cosmic web is the term scientists use to describe a skeleton-like framework of filaments and sheets of dark matter and gas along which galaxies gathered and evolved over time, which is punctuated by nearly empty voids.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
15 May 2026
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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
Verb
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Yet the assumption that more demand automatically equals grid failure ignores how energy systems respond to new demand.—
Anna Broughel,
Forbes.com,
31 May 2026
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All Saints allows and ignores a culture of bullying, the lawsuit alleges.—
Emerson Clarridge,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
29 May 2026
Noun
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The juxtaposition of glossy and matte papers satisfied the papyrophile in Nilsson while adding a chewy subtext for viewers.—
Jeremy Lybarger,
Artforum,
2 June 2026
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With her father’s trade closed to her, Enda steals her brother’s immigration papers, sews her savings into the lining of her jacket, and sets sail for Canada.—
Katy Waldman,
New Yorker,
1 June 2026
Noun
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Fill in some of the scientific gaps about our solar system and the universe beyond with us.—
Regina G. Barber,
NPR,
29 May 2026
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Find opportunities for legislative or policy fixes to address gaps in the law that limit the state's ability to intervene effectively.—
Adam Thompson,
CBS News,
28 May 2026
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“Blanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanks. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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