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Recent Examples of empties
To begin, lab assistant Julia Butac empties a burlap bag of beans into a bin and starts to sift them a couple handfuls at a time, removing anything that isn't a full bean.
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Ari Daniel, NPR, 10 May 2026
Best of all, its RockDock Plus empties the dustbin for me for up to seven weeks.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
Other than that, though, the place empties out midday while most everyone is within Yosemite.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
However, as part of that, the gallbladder empties less frequently and more slowly.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
That price includes the robovac’s OMNI Station dock, which empties its dirt bin into a bagless canister, washes its rolling mop with heated, pressurized water, and refills its reservoirs.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 14 Apr. 2026
Every weekday before dawn, Deltona empties itself onto I-4.
—Christopher Bellingham, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
The bustling evening market, where locals gather for tacos, now empties out early.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Inside the facility, Angela empties her pockets, a guard scans her with a metal-detection wand, pats her down and asks her to spread her legs.
—Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
Ari Daniel, NPR, 10 May 2026
Best of all, its RockDock Plus empties the dustbin for me for up to seven weeks.
—Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
Other than that, though, the place empties out midday while most everyone is within Yosemite.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 May 2026
However, as part of that, the gallbladder empties less frequently and more slowly.
—Cindy Krischer Goodman, Sun Sentinel, 25 Apr. 2026
That price includes the robovac’s OMNI Station dock, which empties its dirt bin into a bagless canister, washes its rolling mop with heated, pressurized water, and refills its reservoirs.
—Andrew Liszewski, The Verge, 14 Apr. 2026
Every weekday before dawn, Deltona empties itself onto I-4.
—Christopher Bellingham, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Feb. 2026
The bustling evening market, where locals gather for tacos, now empties out early.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 3 Feb. 2026
Inside the facility, Angela empties her pockets, a guard scans her with a metal-detection wand, pats her down and asks her to spread her legs.
—Miami Herald, 31 Jan. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for empties
Verb
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The ruling clears the way for Alabama and other states to continue with the method and is a setback for critics who hoped a fuller examination of Alabama’s protocol would halt its use.—
Kim Chandler,
Los Angeles Times,
29 May 2026
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Gabriel and Saliba complement each other brilliantly; while one scraps, blocks and clears, the other sweeps, covers and builds with the ball.—
Sarah Shephard,
New York Times,
29 May 2026
Verb
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Not everyone evacuates at once in a storm.—
Alexandra Phelps,
Miami Herald,
29 May 2026
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There is this tendency to frame eating disorders as a purely biological phenomenon in a way that kind of evacuates them of all meaning, or actually repels the attempt to create meaning.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
23 Feb. 2026
Verb
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Make sure the soil at the planting site drains within one hour following heavy rain, as peach trees do not tolerate soggy soil.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
30 May 2026
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Field observations noted that a manhole at the location was spilling into an area roughly 100 feet by 10 feet, with runoff entering a stream that drains into the tributary.—
CBS News Atlanta Digital Team,
CBS News,
27 May 2026
Verb
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Enabling healthy habitats for future space explorers The current prototype cleans only a small area at a time, roughly the width of a pencil.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
2 June 2026
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Eco effort The hotel cleans and bottles its own water in glass containers.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 June 2026
Verb
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Even if a state court vacates his conviction, that would simply allow an immigration judge to reconsider his case.—
Hanna Park,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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Instead, his retreat vacates Chelsea’s midfield screen, allowing Carlos Baleba time and space to turn near the centre circle.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2026
Verb
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What voids a bumper-to-bumper warranty?—
Kate Tully Ellsworth,
USA Today,
16 May 2026
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The agencies’ responses come in the wake of a new Kansas law that voids the state identification documents of roughly 1,800 trans Kansans who have changed their gender markers.—
Matthew Kelly,
Kansas City Star,
26 Feb. 2026
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“Empties.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/empties. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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