inanes

noun

plural of inane
as in black holes

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  1. black holes
  2. vacancies
  3. blanks
Noun
  • There are supermassive black holes lurking in the center of almost every large galaxy.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Swift was designed to study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, which are triggered by cosmic events like the births of black holes and collisions between ultra-dense stars at the ends of their lives.
    — Denise Chow, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of black holes
Noun
  • Which means, of course, that our property tax revenue from said vacancies is dwindling — if Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ever gets the bills out.
    — Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Alston is a Broward native who served as an appointee of Ron DeSantis to fill vacancies on the Broward County Commission and Broward School Board.
    — Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of vacancies
Noun
  • Baffled residents, who don’t know whether their data have been stolen or compromised, have been trying their best to fill in the blanks.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
  • Friends filled in the blanks, painting Roberts, a web developer and clutch early digital-ad adviser, as the Marty Ginsburg to Ocasio-Cortez’s RBG.
    — Michelle Ruiz, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of blanks
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