Thesaurus results for VACUITIES

vacuities

noun

plural of vacuity

as in vacancies

empty space the seemingly endless vacuity between settlements in the desert

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Recent Examples of vacuities Is this a biting farce about the vacuities of celebrity industry? — Richard Lawson, HollywoodReporter, 24 Jan. 2026

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Which means, of course, that our property tax revenue from said vacancies is dwindling — if Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle ever gets the bills out.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2026
Alston is a Broward native who served as an appointee of Ron DeSantis to fill vacancies on the Broward County Commission and Broward School Board.

— Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of vacancies

Noun

The Royals had 10 players sign with FBS programs in December, and the offensive line took a big hit, but transfers will fill those voids.

— Chris Hays, The Orlando Sentinel, 17 Aug. 2026
Independent bottlers fill these voids, and also often have old stocks from distilleries that have gone under and no longer exist at all, representing the opportunity for enthusiasts to try things that would others not exist.

— Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of voids

Noun

There are supermassive black holes lurking in the center of almost every large galaxy.

— ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
Swift was designed to study gamma-ray bursts, the most powerful explosions in the universe, which are triggered by cosmic events like the births of black holes and collisions between ultra-dense stars at the ends of their lives.

— Denise Chow, NBC news, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of black holes

Noun

Newcastle United have five days until the start of their season and still have lots of gaps to fill in their squad.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026
Those provisions give the inspector general new authority to temporarily withhold portions of his reports that reveal security risks, fraud-detection gaps or pending litigation.

— Julie Watts, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of gaps

Noun

Baffled residents, who don’t know whether their data have been stolen or compromised, have been trying their best to fill in the blanks.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Friends filled in the blanks, painting Roberts, a web developer and clutch early digital-ad adviser, as the Marty Ginsburg to Ocasio-Cortez’s RBG.

— Michelle Ruiz, Vanity Fair, 14 Aug. 2026

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