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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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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
So as the stunned Pacers walked off the court and into the locker room, their thoughts were everywhere, just like Haliburton’s vacant gaze.
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
As of June 10, the city had 63 vacant positions, including 24 in the Police Department, according to a staff report to City Council.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 14 June 2025
Housing has emerged as a key issue in this year’s mayoral race as the city reels from skyrocketing rents and a dearth of vacant apartments, and there’s widespread agreement more units must be built.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Hartford Prints! has taken over a vacant storefront next door, has broken down a wall and joined the two spaces.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Tony East, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025
As of June 10, the city had 63 vacant positions, including 24 in the Police Department, according to a staff report to City Council.
—Jonathan Horwitz, Oc Register, 14 June 2025
Housing has emerged as a key issue in this year’s mayoral race as the city reels from skyrocketing rents and a dearth of vacant apartments, and there’s widespread agreement more units must be built.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 6 June 2025
Hartford Prints! has taken over a vacant storefront next door, has broken down a wall and joined the two spaces.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 1 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacant
Adjective
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The notion Tehran was sprinting toward a nuclear bomb is an empty talking point.—
Newsweek Staff,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 June 2025
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Twelve refill capsules are also included, as well as a prepaid shipping box to send the empty ones back.—
Matthew Korfhage,
Wired News,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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Waititi never recommitted to Akira and the project has been dormant ever since.—
Borys Kit,
HollywoodReporter,
27 June 2025
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The Guardians can boast of solid pitching, but their offense has been dormant.—
Bernie Pleskoff,
Forbes.com,
24 June 2025
Adjective
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The first Tron had played out as a series of face-offs featuring glowing figures against a black background, replicating the blank environment of an arcade screen.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
27 June 2025
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Wear it as a blank canvas, or switch things up with a statement belt.—
Catie Pusateri,
Glamour,
26 June 2025
Adjective
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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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Entering play Thursday, an off day for the Yankees, the reigning American League MVP had the highest average (.361), OPS (1.180), fWAR (6.1) and wRC+ (221) in baseball.—
Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 June 2025
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His hope is two off days — Wednesday’s game and the team’s off-day on Thursday — will put him in position to return to the lineup on Friday in Cincinnati.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 June 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
Adjective
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Richards’ finish saved the U.S. in what was otherwise a listless appearance in front of a barren home crowd at Austin FC’s Q2 Stadium.—
Paul Tenorio,
New York Times,
20 June 2025
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Transatlantic flights from northern Europe — London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Copenhagen — routinely cross the southern half of the island, the bright, barren ice sheet often visible for up to an hour of cruising speed.—
Morten Høi Jensen,
The Dial,
19 June 2025
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There appears to be a large, long unused or maintained pool on the property.—
Olivia Stevens,
Chicago Tribune,
26 June 2025
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Real-time weather inputs—cloud ceilings, dust plumes, wind shear—could sharpen targeting windows and reduce risk, but today often sit unused due to bureaucratic lags.—
Charles Beames,
Forbes.com,
23 June 2025
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“Vacant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacant. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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