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Recent Examples of vacancies
The City Council had two vacancies because of resignations earlier this year.
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Josh Davis, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
In other recent vacancies, the city opened applications to the public.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
The runway is open for more than half a dozen of these rookies to become starters in 2026 considering Miami’s two vacancies on the starting offensive line, three vacancies at receiver, and an opening for an in-line tight end role.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
Some projects are so costly to build and finance that lower rents become difficult even when vacancies rise.
—Yair Gersten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
And the situation on the ground for rental vacancies isn't helping matters.
—Eric Henderson, CBS News, 8 May 2026
City officials hope the tax relief will curb rising commercial vacancies.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
The goal is to have no vacancies at any of the Elevate schools.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Ripe for abuse This judicial resignation-gubernatorial appointment two-step is not unusual, said Jewett, who added that jurists have been debating the timing of when governors should fill court vacancies for the last 25 years — particularly because the practice is ripe for abuse.
—Norine Dworkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Josh Davis, Baltimore Sun, 11 May 2026
In other recent vacancies, the city opened applications to the public.
—Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
The runway is open for more than half a dozen of these rookies to become starters in 2026 considering Miami’s two vacancies on the starting offensive line, three vacancies at receiver, and an opening for an in-line tight end role.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 10 May 2026
Some projects are so costly to build and finance that lower rents become difficult even when vacancies rise.
—Yair Gersten, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026
And the situation on the ground for rental vacancies isn't helping matters.
—Eric Henderson, CBS News, 8 May 2026
City officials hope the tax relief will curb rising commercial vacancies.
—Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 7 May 2026
The goal is to have no vacancies at any of the Elevate schools.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Ripe for abuse This judicial resignation-gubernatorial appointment two-step is not unusual, said Jewett, who added that jurists have been debating the timing of when governors should fill court vacancies for the last 25 years — particularly because the practice is ripe for abuse.
—Norine Dworkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacancies
Noun
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The claim, remember, is that these cosmic voids are completely empty of normal matter, dark matter, and emit no detectable radiation of any kind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Schoen used void years sparingly early in his tenure, but the Giants are one of the few teams currently with no contracts containing voids.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Noun
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At smaller hospitals like Winona Health, those savings can fill gaps left by Medicaid and Medicare reimbursements, which often don’t cover the full cost of providing that care.—
Dené K. Dryden,
Twin Cities,
8 May 2026
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To close persistent gender gaps in nursing, leaders must invest in accessible funding for nurses’ education, expand outreach to men, and amplify men working in nursing as mentors to future applicants.—
Nicholas A. Giordano,
STAT,
8 May 2026
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The researchers now plan to apply the same technique to more systems, which could eventually reveal how black holes inject energy into the cosmos in real time.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
10 May 2026
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In particular, triggering a bolt seems to require extreme events more typically associated with supernovas, black holes, and particle colliders than with fluffy clouds.—
Quanta Magazine,
Quanta Magazine,
6 May 2026
Noun
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If the CC&Rs do not answer the question, the Davis-Stirling Act fills in the blanks.—
Kelly G. Richardson,
Oc Register,
8 May 2026
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That’s also a long story, which Hokum eventually gets around to filling in the blanks.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
30 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Is this a biting farce about the vacuities of celebrity industry?—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Vacancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacancies. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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