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Recent Examples of vacancies
Steinberg told Fox News Digital in a recent interview that Harbaugh is far and away the best candidate for all eight teams currently with head coaching vacancies.
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Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
There are eight head coaching vacancies in the NFL entering wild-card weekend.
—Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The shifts left the ratio of House Republicans to Democrats at 218-213, with 216 needed to maintain a majority amid ongoing vacancies.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
The Giants, who fired Brian Daboll in November, and the Dolphins own two of the NFL’s eight head-coaching vacancies, along with the Ravens, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons, Las Vegas Raiders and Arizona Cardinals.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Last year, Sacramento balanced its $62 million budget mostly by eliminating vacancies and raising some fees.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Miami was the only city from Blanca’s list that saw a decrease in direct vacancies.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Incoming Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella Patterson said one of her goals is to fill all vacancies at the department.
—Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
Studying Sheriff's Office vacancies, hiring and excessive overtime.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Jan. 2026
There are eight head coaching vacancies in the NFL entering wild-card weekend.
—Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The shifts left the ratio of House Republicans to Democrats at 218-213, with 216 needed to maintain a majority amid ongoing vacancies.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
The Giants, who fired Brian Daboll in November, and the Dolphins own two of the NFL’s eight head-coaching vacancies, along with the Ravens, Tennessee Titans, Cleveland Browns, Atlanta Falcons, Las Vegas Raiders and Arizona Cardinals.
—Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
Last year, Sacramento balanced its $62 million budget mostly by eliminating vacancies and raising some fees.
—Hector Amezcua, Sacbee.com, 9 Jan. 2026
Miami was the only city from Blanca’s list that saw a decrease in direct vacancies.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
Incoming Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Chief Estella Patterson said one of her goals is to fill all vacancies at the department.
—Charlotte Observer, 7 Nov. 2025
Studying Sheriff's Office vacancies, hiring and excessive overtime.
—Claudia Levens, jsonline.com, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacancies
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That disaster killed not just elite athletes but also their coaches, leaving seismic voids in US figure skating for generations to come.—
Ben Church,
CNN Money,
19 Dec. 2025
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From vast rings that encircle stars to mysterious voids that seem to swallow light, the cosmos is a playground for the bizarre.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
16 Dec. 2025
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For some of the victims’ families, the interviews clarified how and why the crimes unfolded, filling in gaps that police files and court records never fully answered after years of unresolved questions.—
Stephanie Nolasco,
FOXNews.com,
11 Jan. 2026
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The gas can seep into homes through cracks in foundations or basement floors; gaps around pipes, cables, or utility lines; construction joints where walls and floors meet; and crawlspaces or dirt floors, the county said.—
Adam Harrington,
CBS News,
11 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Instead of forming from dying stars, primordial black holes would emerge directly from extreme density variations in the universe shortly after the Big Bang.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
3 Jan. 2026
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Trying to wrap one’s mind around the scale of civic destruction wrought in just 11 months stretches the limits of the imagination, like conceptualizing light-years or black holes.—
Michelle Goldberg,
Mercury News,
30 Dec. 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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“Vacancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacancies. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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