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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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2
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
The boy jerks his head as if to wake himself, turns around abruptly and looks the other way, even though there’s nothing special to see besides darkness and emptiness, which is where a living eye should never look.
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Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Grogan isn’t alone in feeling the emptiness that can follow a massive milestone.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
In the wake of the tragic UPS plane crash at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, local witnesses and business owners are grappling with a sense of emptiness and disbelief.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
By upholding his virtue and revealing the emptiness of evil, Ignatius Maloyan earned sainthood, joining the enduring Communion of witnesses.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
If this leaves you with a sense of emptiness about reality, that’s fair.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Critics see gleaming towers rising from desert sand and detect not ambition but emptiness — a city with an unlimited line of credit, but without a soul.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa made a name for himself with a series of horror films in the late '90s and early '00s, all of them with a powerful sensation of cold, dark emptiness at their center.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
His best friend helps lift him out of his fog of emptiness and angst with local canyons, beaches and familiar streets serving as the backdrop.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
Grogan isn’t alone in feeling the emptiness that can follow a massive milestone.
—Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 9 Nov. 2025
In the wake of the tragic UPS plane crash at the Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport, local witnesses and business owners are grappling with a sense of emptiness and disbelief.
—Ray Padilla, Louisville Courier Journal, 6 Nov. 2025
By upholding his virtue and revealing the emptiness of evil, Ignatius Maloyan earned sainthood, joining the enduring Communion of witnesses.
—Jenni Fink, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
If this leaves you with a sense of emptiness about reality, that’s fair.
—Zack Savitsky, Quanta Magazine, 29 Oct. 2025
Critics see gleaming towers rising from desert sand and detect not ambition but emptiness — a city with an unlimited line of credit, but without a soul.
—Bobby Ghosh, Time, 29 Oct. 2025
Japanese director Kiyoshi Kurosawa made a name for himself with a series of horror films in the late '90s and early '00s, all of them with a powerful sensation of cold, dark emptiness at their center.
—Katie Rife, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2025
His best friend helps lift him out of his fog of emptiness and angst with local canyons, beaches and familiar streets serving as the backdrop.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptiness
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Beat Afternoon Hunger Chia seeds make a satisfying midday snack when hunger hits.—
Morgan Pearson,
Verywell Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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About one out of every seven California residents depends on CalFresh — the state’s branding for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — to stave off hunger.—
JOSÉ LUIS VILLEGAS,
Sacbee.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Pennywise is from a void that exists outside our dimension called the Macroverse.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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Still, the 49ers are scouring to fill Warner’s on-field void.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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For the market, the coaching carousel will keep roiling until vacancies are filled, and big names like Riley will continue to get floated around.—
Rowan Fisher-Shotton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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The Rochester Police Department in New York has 100 vacancies, according to Spectrum News 1.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Nov. 2025
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Some capsules are coated to prevent the supplement from breaking down in the stomach.—
Merve Ceylan,
Health,
7 Nov. 2025
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Amylin is a hormone that is co-secreted with insulin through the pancreas and helps regulate blood glucose levels, appetite and gastric emptying, which is the process of food moving from the stomach to the intestines.—
Mary Kekatos,
ABC News,
6 Nov. 2025
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His beam wavered on a patch of blankness, or the corner of an amp, and then began to roam the stage in desperation, scanning here and scanning there—until, from the darkness, the voice of Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden’s singer, was heard.—
James Parker,
The Atlantic,
12 Sep. 2025
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This can leave a certain blankness at the film’s center, but Seyfried’s performance ably fills in the emotional details.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
4 Sep. 2025
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The species has an adhesive plate on its head that helps to create a kind of vacuum seal, allowing the fish to grab a whale and hang on for the ride.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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The power vacuum left by Moïse’s death led to a dramatic expansion of already flourishing armed gangs.—
Jacqueline Charles,
Miami Herald,
7 Nov. 2025
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The resulting portrait is one of a vindictive individual whose appetite for payback knows no bounds.—
David Remnick,
New Yorker,
11 Nov. 2025
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Does this now give you an appetite for more acting?—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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The department placed its last order of blanks (the flat metal disks used to make the coins) in May.—
Saleen Martin,
USA Today,
31 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the movie, Lanthimos doles out pieces of backstory in short, dreamlike sequences that unfurl in black and white, artfully filling in the blanks of Teddy’s particular interest in Michelle.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Emptiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptiness. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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