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Recent Examples of emptied
Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Bit by bit, Rachel moved her belongings back into her emptied home in Richmond.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Donte DiVincenzo's 3-pointer stopped the run, and both teams eventually emptied their benches.
—CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
It was kept in interconnected wooden vats that were periodically filled with rums of various origins, but never completely emptied, making it effectively an enormous and complex solera rum.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Cache pots, saucers, and drip trays should be emptied after watering so your plants don't absorb the excess.
—Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
Mounting settler violence in the West Bank has emptied villages since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted, according to B’Tselem, an Israeli rights group helping the residents.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
Elk Grove police issued an alert to neighboring law enforcement agencies, telling them that a gun safe at the home appeared to have been emptied and that several firearms registered to Morales were missing, the Sheriff’s Office said.
—Daniel Hunt
january 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Midtown had emptied out, but Clarke and Richardson were staying late at the after-party—in typical Bea and Twila fashion.
—Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 15 Jan. 2026
With Spoelstra moving to a starting lineup seemingly as talented as any started by the team this season, the response was an early 25-point deficit and a rally that fell short to the degree that the bench was emptied with eight minutes remaining and the Heat down 25.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
Combine equal parts vinegar and water in a spray bottle and liberally spray the emptied interior shelves, drawers, bins, and walls.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
Bit by bit, Rachel moved her belongings back into her emptied home in Richmond.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
He was surrounded by teammates, including those who emptied the bench to join a brief celebration.
—Larry Lage, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
Donte DiVincenzo's 3-pointer stopped the run, and both teams eventually emptied their benches.
—CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
It was kept in interconnected wooden vats that were periodically filled with rums of various origins, but never completely emptied, making it effectively an enormous and complex solera rum.
—Tony Sachs, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
Cache pots, saucers, and drip trays should be emptied after watering so your plants don't absorb the excess.
—Alexandra Jones, The Spruce, 21 Jan. 2026
Mounting settler violence in the West Bank has emptied villages since the war between Israel and Hamas erupted, according to B’Tselem, an Israeli rights group helping the residents.
—Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2026
Elk Grove police issued an alert to neighboring law enforcement agencies, telling them that a gun safe at the home appeared to have been emptied and that several firearms registered to Morales were missing, the Sheriff’s Office said.
—Daniel Hunt
january 17, Sacbee.com, 17 Jan. 2026
Midtown had emptied out, but Clarke and Richardson were staying late at the after-party—in typical Bea and Twila fashion.
—Kenneal Patterson, Vanity Fair, 15 Jan. 2026
With Spoelstra moving to a starting lineup seemingly as talented as any started by the team this season, the response was an early 25-point deficit and a rally that fell short to the degree that the bench was emptied with eight minutes remaining and the Heat down 25.
—Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 11 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptied
Adjective
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By the time Rasmus Dahlin’s empty-net goal hit the back of the net to complete his hat trick and put the finishing touch on Buffalo’s 7-4 lead, there weren’t enough Leafs fans left in the building to boo.—
Matthew Fairburn,
New York Times,
28 Jan. 2026
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The gas station was mostly empty.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Jan. 2026
Verb
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After Israeli troops seized and closed the Rafah crossing in May 2024 and until the ceasefire, only about 17 patients a week were evacuated from Gaza, except for a brief surge of more than 200 patients a week during a two-month ceasefire in early 2025, according to WHO figures.—
Wafaa Shurafa,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The city’s fire chief said on semi-official news agency Tasnim that all residents from the building had been evacuated.—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
31 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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One trustee, Keys Allen, is termed out, and another spot — Alina Mullen’s — has been unoccupied for months.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Jan. 2026
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Just this one hotel, and all the other islands entirely unoccupied.—
Antonia Quirke,
Condé Nast Traveler,
22 Jan. 2026
Verb
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However, he was cleared after police interviewed several witnesses who confirmed his alibi.—
Caroline Blair,
PEOPLE,
11 Jan. 2026
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The heath at Hermaness looked wild, but it was mostly cleared by the cropping of sheep.—
Sarah Moss,
Travel + Leisure,
11 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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His eyes were unblinking and vacant.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
29 Jan. 2026
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One of the latest battles emerged recently in Imperial County, where a court fight has erupted between the city of Imperial and a developer who wants to build a nearly 1 million-square-foot computer center on vacant land along the city’s border.—
James Rainey,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jan. 2026
Verb
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They should be cleaned and stored in a garage, shed, basement, or even under your deck if they’re protected with a tarp.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
27 Jan. 2026
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Roads are cleaned, including inside suburbs, for weather events like snow, blizzards, freezing rain and ice storms.—
Cheyenne Derksen,
Oklahoman,
27 Jan. 2026
Verb
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Even hospital appointments were overwhelming, with bright lights leaving her drained and overstimulated.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
13 Jan. 2026
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This vast gulf between us, not just as Americans but as human beings, has drained me of hope.—
Bao Phi,
Time,
13 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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From Pittsburgh, about 250 trail miles and 700 feet above Baltimore’s Chesapeake Bay, the Ohio River was navigable downstream all the way to New Orleans and the Gulf of Mexico.—
Edward Lotterman,
Twin Cities,
4 Jan. 2026
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How to Get Around The old town of Villefranche-sur-Mer, with its concentration of visitor attractions and restaurants, is easy to walk around—in fact, some streets are only navigable on foot.—
Chrissie McClatchie,
Travel + Leisure,
21 Dec. 2025
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“Emptied.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptied. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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