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Recent Examples of vacancies
Our education team covers a wide range of topics, from lead paint in schools to teacher vacancies.
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Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The staffing shortages included more than 900 vacancies at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, an agency tasked with managing fires and maintaining essential public safety services countywide, the report added.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
These days, things are pretty bleak at the old mall, which has many vacancies, is startlingly empty of shoppers and appears slated for redevelopment.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The loss of judges has resulted in immigration cases being delayed as far out as 2029, NPR previously reported, as vacancies increase despite open job postings to fill roles in those courts.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Even with the Democratic vacancies, the GOP had one of the slimmest majorities in history.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Republicans have a 219-212 edge in the House, with four vacancies.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Now, Republicans hold a narrow six-seat majority over Democrats, with three vacancies.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
The authors of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution established and explained the complete order of presidential succession, as well as a series of contingency plans to fill any executive vacancies.
—Lynn Schmidt, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Greg Borowski, jsonline.com, 26 Sep. 2025
The staffing shortages included more than 900 vacancies at the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, an agency tasked with managing fires and maintaining essential public safety services countywide, the report added.
—Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
These days, things are pretty bleak at the old mall, which has many vacancies, is startlingly empty of shoppers and appears slated for redevelopment.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 25 Sep. 2025
The loss of judges has resulted in immigration cases being delayed as far out as 2029, NPR previously reported, as vacancies increase despite open job postings to fill roles in those courts.
—Ximena Bustillo, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
Even with the Democratic vacancies, the GOP had one of the slimmest majorities in history.
—Laura Gersony, AZCentral.com, 23 Sep. 2025
Republicans have a 219-212 edge in the House, with four vacancies.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Now, Republicans hold a narrow six-seat majority over Democrats, with three vacancies.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 21 Sep. 2025
The authors of the 25th Amendment to the Constitution established and explained the complete order of presidential succession, as well as a series of contingency plans to fill any executive vacancies.
—Lynn Schmidt, Twin Cities, 19 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacancies
Noun
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In total, nearly 12 tons of grout — approximately 1,740 gallons — have been pumped into the famous ocher walls to fill existing voids.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
27 Sep. 2025
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In an interview with Variety, Elliot says that Charleson’s death left two voids in her life, one as an acting partner and one as a friend.—
Andy Swift,
TVLine,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These are essentially black holes feeding on their surrounding matter with such speed that a cocoon of surrounding gas starts to glow like a bright star.—
Chris Young,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Sep. 2025
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The stars will all burn out; the corpses of these stars will radiate all their heat away and cool to absolute zero; the stellar remnants will gravitationally interact, ejecting the majority of objects into intergalactic space, while the few remaining black holes grow to enormous sizes.—
Ethan Siegel,
Big Think,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Some researchers also point to major gaps in accountability.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
28 Sep. 2025
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Finally, Diarese George, CEO and President of the Nashville Public Education Foundation wrote about the strides MNPS has been making in educating Nashville children — and the community involvement that is necessary to further close those gaps.—
Andrea Williams,
Nashville Tennessean,
27 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Hissrich mentions needing to fill in a lot of the blanks left in that character's story in the books.—
Nick Romano,
Entertainment Weekly,
25 Sep. 2025
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Underwood helped fill in the blanks, but didn't feel right splitting the credit evenly when James had done most of the work.—
Audrey Gibbs,
Nashville Tennessean,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Vacancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacancies. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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