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as in hunger
a need or desire for food
the emptiness that usually sets in about three o'clock in the afternoon
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as in void
empty space
there in the vast emptiness of the desert was a long-abandoned jeep
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as in vacancy
the quality or state of being empty
the emptiness of the interior of the isolated house just made it seem all the more eerie
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Recent Examples of emptiness
Interstellar space is unforgivingly vast, but the emptiness has some advantages.
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Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct.
—Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Lift up your eyes unto the hills, and behold all that delightful emptiness.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Elijah Strand, Athena’s uncle, told the court that Horner’s actions devastated their family and left them with an emptiness that can’t be filled.
—Harriet Ramos
may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
Why do people team up around an emptiness, so much spent breath?
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The scene leaves us wondering about the sudden emptiness.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The average kitchen cabinet holds three or four plastic spray bottles in various states of emptiness, each one destined for the recycling bin—or, more likely, the trash.
—Jamie Thilman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
There is no pathos in Sweeney’s delivery, only emptiness.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Kai James, The Conversation, 26 May 2026
The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct.
—Chase Garbarino, Fortune, 15 May 2026
Lift up your eyes unto the hills, and behold all that delightful emptiness.
—Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
Elijah Strand, Athena’s uncle, told the court that Horner’s actions devastated their family and left them with an emptiness that can’t be filled.
—Harriet Ramos
may 5, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 May 2026
Why do people team up around an emptiness, so much spent breath?
—Julian Bell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
The scene leaves us wondering about the sudden emptiness.
—Paul Sutter, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
The average kitchen cabinet holds three or four plastic spray bottles in various states of emptiness, each one destined for the recycling bin—or, more likely, the trash.
—Jamie Thilman, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Apr. 2026
There is no pathos in Sweeney’s delivery, only emptiness.
—Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptiness
Noun
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Take the drug away and your digestion speeds back up, the fullness signal fades and hunger returns.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Your gut ramps up hunger hormones and makes food taste more rewarding.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Lyman, along with Eric Tobin of Hopeless Records and Mike Kaminsky of KMGMT, who also teaches at USC, got together to create the Summer School tour, a traveling group of emerging pop-punk and indie acts, to try to fill the void left after Warped Tour temporarily hung up its cape in 2019.—
Charlie Vargas,
Daily News,
4 June 2026
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Also, with the moon in Capricorn going void in your relationship sector after opposing Jupiter, emotions are running high.—
Valerie Mesa,
PEOPLE,
3 June 2026
Noun
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The upcoming vacancy set off a competitive race between Kim and Allen, alongside a slew of other candidates.—
Haley Parsley
June 10,
Sacbee.com,
10 June 2026
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Commissioner Danielle Cohen Higgins, 44, has held the District 8 seat since 2020, when commissioners appointed her to fill a vacancy created when Daniella Levine Cava was elected county mayor.—
Douglas Hanks
June 9,
Miami Herald,
9 June 2026
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Long road trips, cruises, airplane takeoffs, and landings—all make my stomach lurch.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
9 June 2026
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Taking a vitamin D supplement with black coffee or on an empty stomach meaningfully reduces how much your body can actually use.—
Allison Palmer
June 9,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
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Not only do the records feature scuff marks and price tags, but poems and doodles—as if the blankness was begging to be filled in.—
Emily Watlington,
ARTnews.com,
24 May 2026
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The terrifying blankness of James Raterman’s military interrogator.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
16 Mar. 2026
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The second is going full out, plunging into the vacuum with such enthusiasm that dormant modes are made odd and affecting again.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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Compression packing cubes and vacuum bags will also be your friends when traveling somewhere cold.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
6 June 2026
Noun
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The same slowed digestion that curbs appetite is what causes the most common Ozempic side effects — nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation and abdominal discomfort.—
Ryan Brennan,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
10 June 2026
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Latest earnings from global luxury brands, such as Ralph Lauren and LVMH Moet Hennessy Louis Vuitton, indicated recovering appetite for high-end beauty and fashion products in a market plagued by margin-eroding discounts in recent years.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
10 June 2026
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This subversive summer scent trend is also a natural offshoot of last year’s influx of fill-in-the-blank-savory-food-girl summer; 2025’s tomato perfume is 2026’s sea salt scent.—
Kara Jillian Brown,
InStyle,
3 June 2026
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Schmidt then fills in the blanks.—
Glenn Whipp,
Los Angeles Times,
1 June 2026
Cite this Entry
“Emptiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptiness. Accessed 12 Jun. 2026.
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