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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.
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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.
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David Ehrlich,
IndieWire,
26 Sep. 2025
Only a few days into quarantine, a loathsome instant classic of Hollywood vacuity had been born.
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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
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Work gives you somewhere to point your attention, somewhere to put the grief, the sadness, the emptiness.
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The condition is marked by intense emotional swings, a chronic feeling of emptiness, and a deep fear of abandonment.
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The difference in display thickness could be a clue that one of the two devices has a less visible crease than the other.
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The beef banter just as easily boils down to recipes and preferences in style and thickness of cuts.
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Republicans currently hold a 217-212 majority in the House, with five vacancies and one independent.
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The amendment also requires governors to play a role in the replacement process when vacancies occur.
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Through the gut-skin axis, an unhealthy gut or ongoing internal inflammation can contribute to conditions such as acne, eczema, rosacea, dullness, and sensitive skin.
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Lavender softens the look of dullness, green helps reduce the appearance of redness, and peach helps counter visible dark spots.
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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.
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Tiernan is tall but carries the denseness of frame and core strength of a guard.
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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.
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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.
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The show’s real villain is mindlessness, in other words.
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Testosterone is responsible for muscle mass, bone density, libido, mood, energy — all essential to a man’s function.
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Those using the Plated Skin Science HAIR Serum saw statistically significant improvements in hair density, scalp coverage and volume starting at just one month in, with improvements continuing through the end of the study.
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“Vacuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuity. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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