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as in abolishing
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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as in emptying
to remove the contents of
vacated the house
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Recent Examples of vacating
Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
The ruling vacating Murdaugh’s murder charges supports the general view that she was driven by a desire to sell books.
—James Lasdun, New Yorker, 26 May 2026
Kilicdaroglu’s lawyer, Celal Celik, sent a request to Ankara police to assist in vacating the building, a move approved by the provincial governor.
—ABC News, 24 May 2026
Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
Warsh was confirmed as the next chair on Wednesday and will take the board seat Miran is vacating.
—Matt Peterson,steve Liesman, CNBC, 15 May 2026
In a message to residents, City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto confirmed Wang has resigned from the City Council, vacating her role as mayor, following the federal charges.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2026
But also the other side of it was the fact that industry was declining, and vacating a lot of spaces.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 4 May 2026
Noun
Following the unfortunate vacating of the World Heavyweight Championship due to Seth Rollins suffering a shoulder injury, WWE moved quickly to find a new contender.
—Andrew Ravens, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
Republicans were upset in 2014 by a Kansas Supreme Court decision vacating the death sentences of Jonathan and Reginald Carr, brothers convicted of murder.
—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
—Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 29 May 2026
The ruling vacating Murdaugh’s murder charges supports the general view that she was driven by a desire to sell books.
—James Lasdun, New Yorker, 26 May 2026
Kilicdaroglu’s lawyer, Celal Celik, sent a request to Ankara police to assist in vacating the building, a move approved by the provincial governor.
—ABC News, 24 May 2026
Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
—Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 23 May 2026
Warsh was confirmed as the next chair on Wednesday and will take the board seat Miran is vacating.
—Matt Peterson,steve Liesman, CNBC, 15 May 2026
In a message to residents, City Manager Dominic Lazzaretto confirmed Wang has resigned from the City Council, vacating her role as mayor, following the federal charges.
—Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 12 May 2026
But also the other side of it was the fact that industry was declining, and vacating a lot of spaces.
—Matt Thompson, SPIN, 4 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacating
Noun
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Kentucky's Cave Country Kentucky’s Cave Country offers a quintessentially American and budget-friendly family vacation.—
Dave Parfitt,
USA Today,
30 May 2026
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This darling pair of Dolce Vita sandals has the prettiest beaded embellishment for all of your vacation wear needs.—
Reece Andavolgyi,
InStyle,
30 May 2026
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The most prominent of these activists is Joyce McMillan, who, after her own children were taken and returned, founded JMACforFamilies, an organization with the goal of abolishing the child-protective system altogether.—
Larissa MacFarquhar,
New Yorker,
28 May 2026
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While politicians can write all sorts of legislation meant to keep kids off smartphones and away from apps, games, and content not appropriate for them, merely writing a law is not the same as abolishing a market.—
John Tamny,
Forbes.com,
26 May 2026
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In a 30-day window, ARC took in 268 animals and placed approximately 200, a logistical push that at one point required emptying a storage area to house an urgent influx of animals until kennel space opened up the following day.—
Moná Thomas,
PEOPLE,
2 June 2026
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People can reduce their odds of getting West Nile by wearing insect repellent and covering skin while outdoors; limiting activity at dawn and dusk; emptying any standing water around their homes; and repairing door and window screens as necessary.—
Meg Wingerter,
Denver Post,
2 June 2026
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Horn said in a news release on Monday that plans to create a new ban showed that repealing the original version was unnecessary.—
Dylan Lysen
June 2,
Kansas City Star,
2 June 2026
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Of course, none of this involves repealing the laws of physics.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
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First responders quickly went to work evacuating residents and knocking down the flames.—
Elijah Westbrook,
CBS News,
1 June 2026
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In March, Warren led the Massachusetts delegation in a letter to the State Department criticizing the administration’s lack of preparation in terms of evacuating Americans and pressing for answers on its response.—
Justin Papp,
CNBC,
28 May 2026
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The reason the Home Office cited for cancelling their electronic travel authorizations, or ETAs?—
Jada Yuan,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2026
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Jamaica, Guyana, Guatemala and even Venezuela – which has seen by far the largest deployment of Cuban doctors in the past 20 years – have also severed or are in the process of cancelling their contracts with the Cuban medical missions.—
Stefano Pozzebon,
CNN Money,
3 June 2026
Verb
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The bases-clearing double plated three runs and allowed Regis Jesuit to exhale with a five-run lead.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
31 May 2026
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Right Now With May coming to a close, Amazon is clearing stock with a huge sale.—
Madeline Merinuk,
PEOPLE,
30 May 2026
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South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson disagreed with the court overturning Murdaugh's convictions.—
Christine Pelisek,
PEOPLE,
1 June 2026
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What has happened is that SpaceX is the first of a growing number of companies that are overturning and replacing the business models that have dominated the space sector since the beginning.—
David Szondy
May 31,
New Atlas,
31 May 2026
Cite this Entry
“Vacating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacating. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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