vacuating

Definition of vacuatingnext
present participle of vacuate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuating
Verb
  • Before Maduro was captured, AP reported Russia had started evacuating families of diplomats from Venezuela.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • At a recent event providing health services to those affected, MusiCares says many participants shared stories of evacuating with only a few minutes notice, forcing some to leave behind their means of livelihood – instruments and studios, some of which the organization has helped to replace.
    Andrew Flanagan, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Your can reuse up to 10 times before emptying and refilling the socks with fresh litter.
    Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Its first season’s defining set piece plunged the Pittsburgh Trauma Medical Center’s emergency department into the aftermath of a mass shooting, an act of narrative escalation that felt like the writers’ room emptying its reserves.
    Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2026
Verb
  • Jovanny Hernandez followed stories of immigration throughout the year, including Judge Hannah Dugan’s obstruction charges and Yessenia Ruano’s decision to return to El Salvador after exhausting options in Milwaukee.
    Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, jsonline.com, 26 Dec. 2025
  • Nancy went out to work in the fields and took a job in a school cafeteria, exhausting herself to hold on to the children.
    Alex Abramovich, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
Verb
  • Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
    CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Gap owns the property at 30–31 Long Acre, and refused to rent it out, even after vacating in 2021 during the company-wide restructuring.
    Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 6 Nov. 2025
Verb
  • One day, the script said that Marietta gets in bed, curls up with her baby dog, and is sucking her thumb.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Research has consistently condemned PE firms for buying up hospitals and sucking staff and patients dry.
    Alexis Kayser, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But the league’s decision to place his salary in an interest-bearing account suggests the NBA might wait until the matter is adjudicated before voiding Rozier’s contract.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Barrodale does not let either her reader or her main character off the hook with anything as voiding as that.
    Book Marks October 2, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2025
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“Vacuating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuating. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.

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