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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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Recent Examples of vacates
Zhang vacates the title having defended the crown three times in her second championship run.
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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
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
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Instead, this measure abolishes them.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
31 Aug. 2025
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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
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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
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The boat ramp, which also serves as a fishing pier, sits close to a part of the river that empties out into the Long Island Sound.—
Justin Muszynski,
Hartford Courant,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency cancels National Fire Training Academy classes.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
14 Mar. 2025
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SpaceX cancels a launch to bring astronauts home.—
Taylor Wilson,
USA TODAY,
13 Mar. 2025
Verb
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After checking their minds for influence from the Mule, Gaal clears them all — except Magnifico, of course.—
Rafael Motamayor,
Vulture,
5 Sep. 2025
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As Stromberg says, once the referee’s office clears a match for play, one of the USTA’s two announcers calls the players to the practice desk.—
Tim Newcomb,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The insight reportedly overturns a paradigm established nearly two centuries ago by popular British mathematician Lord Kelvin’s brother, James Thompson, who at the time proposed that pressure and friction contribute to ice melting alongside temperature.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Sep. 2025
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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
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RoboBallet avoids this trap by learning general coordination rules rather than memorising specific cases.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Sep. 2025
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The first season of The Office was particularly unpleasant at times, with some of Michael’s most appalling behavior, and The Paper avoids this almost entirely.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Vacates.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacates. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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