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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
Rosen Gonzalez has highlighted the Lincoln Road outdoor shopping mall in South Beach, which has struggled with vacant storefronts as a renovation of the area gets underway.
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
In California, Silicon Valley units stay vacant the shortest time, 36 days, compared with the state’s longest, the Central Coast at 49 days.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
One is rent-stabilized but vacant; six are rent-stabilized and occupied; and one, on the second floor, is market rate.
—Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
The homeless encampment was vacant when deputies arrived Wednesday.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Aaron Leibowitz, Miami Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
In California, Silicon Valley units stay vacant the shortest time, 36 days, compared with the state’s longest, the Central Coast at 49 days.
—Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
One is rent-stabilized but vacant; six are rent-stabilized and occupied; and one, on the second floor, is market rate.
—Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 16 Oct. 2025
The homeless encampment was vacant when deputies arrived Wednesday.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacant
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Or for the wide swaths of empty seats in the upper deck that formed after the New York Giants put the game in a vice grip with a three-score lead late in the third quarter and put the Broncos on shutout watch.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
20 Oct. 2025
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The kitchen was empty, save for an enormous stockpot of broth, with chicken feet bobbing at the surface.—
Hannah Goldfield,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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To care for a dormant plant during winter, store hibiscus in a dark, unheated garage or shed where temperatures remain above freezing.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Oct. 2025
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Walensee Weed Puller While many weeds die or go dormant during the winter, there are some (like red deadnettle) that pop up in winter.—
Brandi Fuller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Oct. 2025
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The bad column was virtually blank.—
Jay Glennie,
Deadline,
16 Oct. 2025
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Taasa looks at him in blank, exhausted disgust and then looks straight into the camera.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
14 Oct. 2025
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Just past the cattle-ranching town of Bridgeport in northern California, near the border of Nevada, this deserted mining community is frozen in time along its dusty desert road.—
Nicole Kliest,
Vogue,
18 Oct. 2025
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To summarize, the protagonist, lost in hopeless days, eventually stumbles upon a deserted dance hall.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 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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That devoid ingredient hindered things exponentially.—
Roderick Boone,
Charlotte Observer,
15 Feb. 2024
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An off smell or sour odor signals spoilage.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
17 Oct. 2025
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Virginia’s off-year races are viewed as critical bellwethers of the electorate’s mood ahead of the midterms.—
Andrew Stanton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
16 Oct. 2025
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Then over time, a few enterprising communities and entrepreneurs looked for ways to turn disused asylums into something productive, Rondinone said, something that could bring jobs and revenue back once again.—
Jen Rose Smith,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
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The piece is a collection of disused shoemaker boxes, once used by cobblers to keep tools, pressed against each other and stacked up, clambering toward the ceiling.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Where homes, buildings and fields once stood in the southern city of Rafah, there were now craters and barren wastelands.—
Stephen Sorace,
FOXNews.com,
8 Oct. 2025
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Those who reached Spain were offered a place to rebuild their lives — on a small, barren island.—
Miquel Ros,
CNN Money,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Vacant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacant. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.
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