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as in emptiness
empty space
the seemingly endless vacuity between settlements in the desert
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as in vacancy
the quality or state of being empty
the vacuity of the house after everyone had moved out was both striking and depressing
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as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
the monumental vacuity of the starlet's comments on the important issues of the day
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Recent Examples of vacuity
Hilton became a symbol for excessive wealth, celebrity vacuity, and moral decline.
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Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025
But her refusal to investigate why the system is so broken is the natural outcome of her studied vacuity.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
In assigning him that seemingly perverse task, Scorsese tapped into the vague air of vacuity at the center of a star who’s always seemed present and absent all at once.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
Only a few days into quarantine, a loathsome instant classic of Hollywood vacuity had been born.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
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Serena Turner, Vanity Fair, 29 Dec. 2025
But her refusal to investigate why the system is so broken is the natural outcome of her studied vacuity.
—Literary Hub, 17 Dec. 2025
In assigning him that seemingly perverse task, Scorsese tapped into the vague air of vacuity at the center of a star who’s always seemed present and absent all at once.
—David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 26 Sep. 2025
Only a few days into quarantine, a loathsome instant classic of Hollywood vacuity had been born.
—Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuity
Noun
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Interstellar space is unforgivingly vast, but the emptiness has some advantages.—
Kai James,
The Conversation,
26 May 2026
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The Tuesday parking shortage and the Monday emptiness are not anomalies to correct.—
Chase Garbarino,
Fortune,
15 May 2026
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The Italian Leather Lug Sole Fisherman Sandals, however, boast a visible arch contour, a midsole thickness, adjustable straps, and shock-absorbing ortholite insoles—all of which are reasons why both podiatrists approve.—
Olivia Cigliano,
InStyle,
29 May 2026
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The Oura Ring 5 is 40% smaller overall than its predecessor, bringing its size and thickness more in line with an ordinary wedding band.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Edmondson, a former City Council member, was appointed in 2023 to fill a vacancy left by Councilmember Barry Leonard.—
Julie Gallant,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
3 June 2026
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The Toronto Sceptres and Boston Fleet also currently have vacancies at the head coach position after Troy Ryan (San Jose) and Kris Sparre (Hamilton) accepted jobs with the league’s new expansion teams.—
Hailey Salvian,
New York Times,
2 June 2026
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After a rinse, the mud revealed perfectly polished skin, relieved of dullness, redness, and clogged pores and blackheads—leaving me glowing from the inside and out.—
Essence,
Essence,
12 May 2026
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This will create a problem known as etching that leads to dullness and surface damage of the floor.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
10 May 2026
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In an email to Krebs, Valadon claimed that the repo’s commit logs show that GitHub’s default protections against committing secrets—protections designed to protect unwitting or unskilled developers against exactly this kind of stupidness—had been disabled by the repo’s administrator.—
Lee Hutchinson,
ArsTechnica,
19 May 2026
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Tiernan is tall but carries the denseness of frame and core strength of a guard.—
Matthew Mowery,
Chicago Tribune,
25 Apr. 2026
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Understand how rye works in baking Though dark, dense rye bread is delicious, rye flour does not inherently create denseness in other baked goods.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Apr. 2026
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There’s the White House and its malicious megaphone of mindlessness; the generative AI advocates and their pushy, pathetic ploys; the Major League Baseball owners and their dedication to self-destruction.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
20 Feb. 2026
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The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.—
Shirley Li,
The Atlantic,
5 Feb. 2026
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California’s density bonus law is forcing many cities to approve densities higher than anticipated for some neighborhoods, including areas where older, single-family homes are demolished to be replaced by multi-family buildings on the same lot.—
Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
28 May 2026
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The habitat density was as high as 4,300 organisms per square decimeter, roughly a hand-sized patch of rock.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
28 May 2026
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“Vacuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuity. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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