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as in emptiness
empty space
the vast vacancy that exists between our solar system and the nearest star having its own orbiting planets
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as in vacuum
the quality or state of being empty
the vacancy of the cavernous gymnasium was eerily apparent to me as I shot baskets alone
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Recent Examples of vacancy
The Common Council has seen vacancies before, and city's municipal code spells out what the alderperson and the city must do when someone declares their intent to resign.
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Any new Costco will only pirate customers from existing retail stores, adding to new vacancies.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
In parts of Central West Baltimore around the station, disinvestment is so deep that the area is in the conversation for being the most disinvested in the state — measured in vacancy, poverty and decades of public neglect.
—Alfred Barry, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
This is the most gaping vacancy of all—Trump gestures toward two American incitements, one historic, one extremely recent.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
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Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 13 Apr. 2026
Any new Costco will only pirate customers from existing retail stores, adding to new vacancies.
—Teri Sforza, Oc Register, 10 Apr. 2026
In parts of Central West Baltimore around the station, disinvestment is so deep that the area is in the conversation for being the most disinvested in the state — measured in vacancy, poverty and decades of public neglect.
—Alfred Barry, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
This is the most gaping vacancy of all—Trump gestures toward two American incitements, one historic, one extremely recent.
—Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 9 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacancy
Noun
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Inner emptiness has always been a fixation of Ye.—
Kieran Press-Reynolds,
Pitchfork,
1 Apr. 2026
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While fans would have surely loved to get any of these songs over the past five years in lieu of the chaos of 2020s-era Ye, there’s still an emptiness at the heart of Bully.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
31 Mar. 2026
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Watching this show might just be an alternative to screaming into the void.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
16 Apr. 2026
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For Hansen, the first Canadian to venture beyond low-Earth orbit, one of the more memorable aspects of flying in deep space was the three-dimensional appearance of the starry void, the moon and the Earth suspended in space close by.—
William Harwood,
CBS News,
16 Apr. 2026
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“Vacancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacancy. Accessed 20 Apr. 2026.
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