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as in while
an indefinite but usually short period of time
in the space of a few minutes the room had filled up
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as in gap
an incomplete or deficient area
the cancellation created a huge space in the dentist's schedule for that day
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Recent Examples of space
That’s created a bottleneck because there are only so many instructors and space to train new officers.
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Brian Bennett, Time, 12 Aug. 2025
Also tidy up the space to remove any countertop clutter that could be making your home look unorganized.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
There's meeting and convention space for events such as weddings.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
It wasn’t designed for shelf space — it was designed for reverence.
—Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
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Brian Bennett, Time, 12 Aug. 2025
Also tidy up the space to remove any countertop clutter that could be making your home look unorganized.
—Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 12 Aug. 2025
There's meeting and convention space for events such as weddings.
—Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 12 Aug. 2025
It wasn’t designed for shelf space — it was designed for reverence.
—Sudhir Gupta, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for space
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Amy Ayers, Jennifer Harbison, Sarah Harbison, and Eliza Thomas, all teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, were killed and stripped of their clothing in a room in the back of the shop, before the place was set on fire.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
4 Aug. 2025
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Upstairs, one bedroom was split to add a laundry room and walk-in closet, while the original laundry space was converted into a mudroom.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
People.com,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Private investors had an edge for a while, playing on the margins of unloved corporate entities and capitalizing on post-2008 regulations that hamstrung bank lending.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Fishers officials said the latest traffic disruptions on State Road 37 and 141st Street will be here for a while but will be the last — though some numbness may remain for frustrated commuters.—
John Tuohy,
IndyStar,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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My experience in New Orleans and at the National Urban League reaffirmed that projects anchored in living wages and local hiring catalyze upward mobility, narrow racial wealth gaps, and stabilize neighborhoods.—
Marc Morial,
New York Daily News,
2 Aug. 2025
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The new figures mark a staggering 99.98% drop from the route’s peak under the Biden administration in August 2023, when more than 82,000 migrants surged through the gap in a single month, according to the DHS.—
Bonny Chu,
FOXNews.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Kudos are deserved for the rest of the Fever team, who have picked up the slack in her absence, currently on a two-game win streak.—
Ben Verbrugge,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 July 2025
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In general, a 4.1% rate or lower would be hawkish, while 4.3% or higher would show signs of increasing labor slack, Bhave pointed out.—
Michelle Fox,
CNBC,
29 July 2025
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And one is a little bit more Euclidean and logical and technical and the other theoretic.—
Sean Woods,
Rolling Stone,
5 Aug. 2025
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So trying to use that to your advantage a little bit.—
LaMond Pope,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The best way to control brown recluse and any spider infestation is through a pest management company, which can access wall voids to spray and kill female spiders.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Aug. 2025
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Filling voids with misaligned people is a waste of your time.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Because this is a private facility, funded by parents of students who generally live a more privileged life, staff are given slightly more leeway to also teach languages and science alongside Islamic studies.—
Mark Baron,
CNN Money,
4 Aug. 2025
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Among the tightropes Notre Dame will walk during camp with both quarterbacks is how much leeway the staff gives each.—
Pete Sampson,
New York Times,
2 Aug. 2025
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Darvish ran into some trouble for three batters between the second and third innings and then had two pitches get away from him in a span of three batters in the fourth.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Aug. 2025
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Donald Taylor, 32, was allegedly involved in five different crimes in Hollywood and Miramar within the span of a few days last week and had a warrant for his arrest as of Sunday afternoon, Deanna Bettineschi, a spokesperson for Hollywood Police, said in a news release Monday.—
Angie DiMichele,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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“Space.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/space. Accessed 15 Aug. 2025.
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