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as in empty
lacking contents that could or should be present
a vacant room that could be converted into a classroom
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2
as in dormant
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
looking for vacant land on which to build a house
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as in blank
not expressing any emotion
the prisoner's vacant and distracted expression
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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
police discovered that vagrants had been sleeping in the vacant warehouse
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Recent Examples of vacant
When Pacheco’s seat became vacant, Santiesteban attempted to fill it.
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
Others leave their properties vacant, pushing up prices by lessening the supply.
—John Kuk, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
In October, 2024 the pair opened a pop-up storefront in downtown with support from Seattle Restored, a partnership between the city of Seattle and several non-profits to put small businesses and art installations into vacant storefronts.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In her next fight, Shevchenko faced ex-women’s strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant flyweight title.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 28 Apr. 2025
Others leave their properties vacant, pushing up prices by lessening the supply.
—John Kuk, The Conversation, 28 Apr. 2025
In October, 2024 the pair opened a pop-up storefront in downtown with support from Seattle Restored, a partnership between the city of Seattle and several non-profits to put small businesses and art installations into vacant storefronts.
—Virgie Tovar, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
In her next fight, Shevchenko faced ex-women’s strawweight champ Joanna Jedrzejczyk for the vacant flyweight title.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 19 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacant
Adjective
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Streets that typically buzzed with life were empty.—
Christina Ray Stanton,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2025
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Related article Trump was warned of empty shelves and financial turmoil from tariffs and firing Powell.—
David Goldman,
CNN Money,
25 Apr. 2025
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Technology teams were left stranded, waiting months for essential components or scrambling to find alternatives from dormant inventories to maintain continuity.—
Archaana Pattabhii,
Forbes.com,
29 Apr. 2025
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Like the virus that causes chicken pox (varicella-zoster), HPV can lie dormant in the body for decades.—
Liz Szabo,
Scientific American,
29 Apr. 2025
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Rivera climbed into Feliz’s car; threatened, beat, and tased him, and then shot him in the chest point blank.—
Lourdes Rosado,
New York Daily News,
30 Apr. 2025
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His most lucrative title at one point was a blank book—a patented scrapbook of his own invention.—
Lauren Michele Jackson,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2025
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Banking has become functionally correct but emotionally devoid, with the industry swimming in a sea of sameness.—
Michael Abbott,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Delle, devoid for so long from its intrinsic need for social interaction might be filling in the gaps by talking to himself.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2023
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Except the Giants did it without an off day, on both sides of the country, and against contending teams.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2025
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That was enough for the Cavaliers to overcome an off day from All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell, who totaled just 13 points on 4-of-14 shooting from the field and 3-of-8 shooting on threes.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
26 Apr. 2025
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On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2025
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One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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Dike, who has missed much of the last two years with a string of serious injuries, ended his barren spell by scoring for his English Championship club West Bromwich Albion in their 5-3 win over Luton Town on Saturday.—
Ali Rampling,
New York Times,
3 May 2025
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Without predators to keep them in check, says Laura Rogers-Bennett, a senior environmental scientist at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, urchins devour the base of kelp and can turn towering forests into barren seascapes within a matter of seasons.—
Avery Schuyler Nunn,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Apr. 2025
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Roseman appeared to take a more hands-on role at City Hall of late, leading to clashes with city leaders over seemingly procedural issues — among them the purchase of 37 police vehicles that, for months, sat unused at a Ford dealership in San Leandro.—
Jakob Rodgers,
Mercury News,
1 May 2025
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This was followed by a reminder to remove any unused devices that my account is connected to.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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“Vacant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacant. Accessed 7 May. 2025.
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