vacates

present tense third-person singular of vacate

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of vacates Zhang vacates the title having defended the crown three times in her second championship run. Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 4 Sep. 2025 Tigres will try to crowd the half spaces, win midfield turnovers and attack the channels Alba vacates. Jenny Catlin, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacates
Verb
  • Instead, this measure abolishes them.
    Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The Iranian parliament has just approved a law that abolishes prison sentences for those who had to leave Iran illegally.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • The researchers also modeled gastroparesis, a condition where the stomach empties more slowly, often due to diabetes or viral infections.
    Alyssa Hui-Anderson, Verywell Health, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Each bottling of Gorovka, cut to 55% ABV, only partially empties the puncheon after which the barrel is topped up with fresh spirit.
    Don Tse, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Federal Emergency Management Agency cancels National Fire Training Academy classes.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 14 Mar. 2025
  • SpaceX cancels a launch to bring astronauts home.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 13 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Literally seconds later… the fog clears and the army rolls in to save the day.
    James Grebey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The London market clears an average 20 million ounces in daily trade, according to the WGC — but the trade body's outlook for digital gold goes even further.
    Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The new work overturns that picture.
    Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The decision overturns a ruling by a lower-court judge in 2023 who had declared the law unconstitutional after previously blocking it from taking effect in 2021.
    Reuters, NBC news, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Shifting key conversations to group settings builds alignment, avoids silos and saves time.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The new system avoids this brute-force approach.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Vacates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacates. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.

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