Thesaurus results for VACANCIES

vacancies

noun

plural of vacancy

as in voids

empty space the vast vacancy that exists between our solar system and the nearest star having its own orbiting planets

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Recent Examples of vacancies Gallery owners say years of mixed signals and the prospect of construction threaten a center already diminished by vacancies — and fear tenants may never come back. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026 Around 110 staff in the unit will face compulsory redundancy, while 35 vacancies will be closed. — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2026 Sacramento’s Front Street Animal Shelter has reduced its pending service requests by more than 90% after filling staffing vacancies and streamlining its processes. — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Sep. 2026 Florida law allows the governor to make interim appointments when vacancies occur rather than leaving offices empty until the next election. — Zoe Millán, Miami Herald, 16 Sep. 2026 The open vacancies are to fill Burke and Dimitrijevic’s courtrooms in Hammond. — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 11 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, vacancies for cooling or HVAC system engineers grew by 67%, and by 51% for industrial automation technicians. — Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 9 Sep. 2026 The audit also cited persistent vacancies in child protection, intact family services, and permanency with an overall vacancy rate of 13%. — CBS News, 9 Sep. 2026 Many other teams with vacancies didn’t start that process until January. — Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The goal was to produce a more uniform film with compact crystal grains and fewer voids and defects.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Seal Gaps Check your home’s exterior for small cracks and openings that can give hornets access to wall voids and eaves.

— Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of voids

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Through regular exercises and strategic updates, districts and institutions can pinpoint and remedy potential gaps in their protocols before a real cyber emergency forces them to make high-stakes decisions under pressure.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026
That included measuring wage gaps, educating factories, testing approaches to wage increases and using Fair Trade premiums to provide additional financial benefits to workers.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of gaps

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That is because, despite having many times more mass than the sun, black holes are smaller than the sun with radii ranging from 6 miles to 190 miles (9 kilometers to 300 kilometers).

— Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026
Some of the most cataclysmic events in the cosmos, such as mergers of supermassive black holes, should produce a very specific gravitational wave signature, according to general relativity.

— Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026

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