vacates

verb

present tense third-person singular of vacate
1
as in abolishes
to put an end to by formal action the contract was vacated by the court on the grounds that the signer was underage

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2
as in empties
to remove the contents of vacated the house

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Recent Examples of vacates As soon as Holzhauer vacates his city seat, the council has 60 days to appoint someone to complete the rest of his term, city spokesperson Linda LaCloche said. — Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 6 Nov. 2026 But Wednesday’s move from the Board of Elections vacates the OFC’s order and the $16,000 fine against Lewis George’s campaign. — Molly Parks, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026 The ruling vacates Sanders' convictions and sends the case back to Plymouth Superior Court for a new trial. — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 18 Sep. 2026 The Supreme Court's order vacates the commission's decision to throw out those votes. — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 10 Sep. 2026 The new ruling vacates the ban and sets aside visa denials made solely on the basis of the policy. — Brittney Melton, NPR, 24 Aug. 2026 The judge's order also vacates visa denials that were based solely on the policy. — Laura Romero, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026 Jackson County’s charter says that if an executive vacates their seat, the Legislature must appoint a temporary replacement from the same political party. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 7 Aug. 2026 The Thunder could slide Wallace, Alex Caruso or Ajay Mitchell into the starting role Dort vacates. — Matt Schubert, New York Times, 19 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacates
  1. abolishes
  2. empties
  3. cancels
  4. evacuates
  5. repeals
  6. clears
  7. overturns
  8. avoids
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  • The Schengen Area is an agreement between 29 European countries that abolishes passport controls and allows people to travel across European borders without providing documents.
    — Robert McGreevy, FOXNews.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Attorney Monica Restanio, whose arguments in court for the Venezuelan family were responsible for winning the ruling that abolishes the minor issue, said she was thrilled.
    — Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 29 July 2026
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  • Rahul, with the priest by his side, empties his father’s ashes into the river.
    — Sonia Gandhi, Vanity Fair, 10 Nov. 2026
  • With a base station that empties the vacuum's dustbin and washes and dries the mop, the Dyson Spot+Scrub Ai requires very little hands-on maintenance.
    — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 7 Nov. 2026
Definition of empties
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  • The campaign works with debt relief partner ForgiveCo, which purchases qualifying medical debt and cancels it.
    — Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The bottom line Travel insurance can provide valuable protection when bad weather delays or cancels a flight, but the protection isn't automatic or identical across policies.
    — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
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  • Kherson's Drone Siege Spreads That assessment is echoed by Alina Holovko, co-founder of the humanitarian organization Dobra Sprava, who evacuates civilians from frontline towns in the Donbas.
    — David Kirichenko, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
  • Not everyone evacuates at once in a storm.
    — Alexandra Phelps, Miami Herald, 29 May 2026
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  • Proposition 4 repeals California’s ban on the use of public funds to finance political campaigns.
    — Kiara Adams, Sacbee.com, 3 Nov. 2026
  • Florida’s next governor will have the final say over whether the state repeals the law, along with a litany of other gun issues.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026
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  • How the chainsaw robot clears railway tracks The robot has been put to work along JR East's Koumi Line in central Japan, where overgrown branches can create problems for passing trains.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Acquiring banks extend to merchants what is essentially a short-term line of credit on every sale, floating the funds before the cardholder’s payment fully clears.
    — Dimitri Akhrin, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
Definition of clears
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  • The decision overturns a Tennessee federal district court ruling that sided with Kalshi, and reaffirms a decision by a federal district court in Ohio that sided with the states’ argument.
    — Davis Giangiulio, CNBC, 25 Sep. 2026
  • Trump has said construction will not move forward unless a federal appeals court overturns a ruling blocking efforts to put his name on the building.
    — Mike Stunson, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of overturns
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  • Keser Clinic avoids mega-sessions, preferring to split large cases across multiple days rather than attempting very high graft counts in a single sitting.
    — Burak Onal, Sacbee.com, 10 Nov. 2026
  • Closing the tax code’s carveouts to special interests would help, but there is no path to sustainability that avoids cutting (or slowing the growth of) benefits, raising eligibility ages to reflect longer lives and putting Medicare on a budget.
    — Veronique De Rugy, Oc Register, 7 Nov. 2026
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“Vacates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacates. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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