vacuated

past tense of vacuate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuated
Verb
  • On the eve of the war, Jaujard, with the help of staff and volunteers, secretly arranged for the Mona Lisa and thousands of other masterpieces to be evacuated to the French countryside to protect them from looting.
    NPR, NPR, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Residents whose homes were destroyed evacuated to Bethel, the largest city in western Alaska.
    Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Over the following decades, as psychological treatments and laws changed, most asylums emptied.
    Jen Rose Smith, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Lue emptied the bench in the fourth, and the young players couldn’t hold on to the lead in the waning minutes.
    Janis Carr, Oc Register, 13 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Nevertheless, Carter made it through his final chemotherapy in October 2023, exhausted but surrounded by quiet celebration.
    Tereza Shkurtaj, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Three were drafted, and the other exhausted his eligibility.
    Sam Khan Jr, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Should the right of way be vacated, a sidewalk would be built to connect to existing sidewalks in the neighborhood, said applicant representative Jannette Temple.
    Ashley Mackin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Some members of the group accused of being involved in the group chat have since vacated their posts, Politico reported, including Peter Giunta, former chair of New York Young Republicans who also worked for a New York assemblymember, and Joseph Maligno, a lawyer for the New York group.
    Emily Chang, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • His frequent use of direct-to-camera narration initially seems like a cloying misstep (mostly because so many other movies have sucked the fun out of that device).
    David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 17 Oct. 2025
  • There is no shortage of pundits and fans who say Guardiola’s influence has been a turn-off, claiming the focus on possession and building from the back had sucked the joy, spontaneity and unpredictability out of the Premier League.
    Oliver Kay, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
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“Vacuated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuated. Accessed 23 Oct. 2025.

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