hollow (out)

Definition of hollow (out)next

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hollow (out)
Verb
  • With the work now being migration, most programs are still shoveling, counting tasks and missing the structure.
    Maman Ibrahim, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
  • Since arriving Wednesday in La Guaira, Sosa has scrambled to pull people from the rubble with his old mining pickaxe and shovel in the absence of national rescue teams.
    Juan Pablo Arraez, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
Verb
  • In addition to excavating the property, investigators have seized financial records, adoption records and business records.
    Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 26 June 2026
  • Her series are inevitably female-centric and like the Brontës, who wrote 200 years and a few miles away, her work excavates the drama of daily life and the tension between good and evil that sings below any surface.
    Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 26 June 2026
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“Hollow (out).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/hollow%20%28out%29. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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