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Recent Examples of devoid That devoid ingredient hindered things exponentially. Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 15 Feb. 2024 The restaurant’s menu is devoid not only of meat, cheese, eggs, caffeine, and sugar, but also of spicy and oily foods. Mary Holland, Robb Report, 27 Aug. 2023 The retail giants can see that healthcare is exorbitantly priced, uncoordinated, inconvenient and technologically devoid. Robert Pearl, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023 Low and steady, devoid of emotion or singsongy nature…most of us don't even want our leaders to sound like that anymore! Emily Leibert, Glamour, 29 Mar. 2023 See All Example Sentences for devoid
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Adjective
  • The veteran safety, who turns 27 this month, approaches the final year of his contract (which has a void year in 2026).
    The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2025
  • That suit claims Hazel didn't rightfully own the home, so the lease agreement with the renters is void.
    Stephanie Kuzydym, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2025
Adjective
  • The black silhouette of a male head and shoulders sits atop a ladder whose rungs are capped at each end with empty spools that might have held the threads of life.
    arkansasonline.com, arkansasonline.com, 7 July 2025
  • At the corner of West Boulevard and Romare Bearden Drive, the majority of a 3.5-acre lot sits empty.
    Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 7 July 2025
Adjective
  • Work and plans are changing what was once a barren landscape into a new neighborhood.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 29 June 2025
  • As the moon progresses through the different phases of the lunar calendar, the sun's light throws new impact sites, barren plains, and swathes of broken landscapes into relief as prime targets for amateur astronomers wielding binoculars and backyard telescopes.
    Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 June 2025

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“Devoid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/devoid. Accessed 15 Jul. 2025.

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