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Recent Examples of vacuity His article in Harper’s has something of Joan Didion’s wry bemusement about the vacuity of modern celebrity. Alexander Nazaryan, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2023 The vacuity of the space around an ion qubit means that its state (0, 1 or both) is relatively unimpacted by state-destroying air particles. Katherine Wright, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023 For decades, the industry and the media have mistaken Anderson’s introverted nature for vacuity. Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023 Instead of interrogating Indian officials on their Ukraine policy, or providing space for in-depth discussion of what India should do, Indian outlets echo the vacuity of Foreign Ministry pronouncements. Anjani Jain, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022 See All Example Sentences for vacuity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuity
Noun
  • The emptiness gives her space to think.
    Keith Flanagan, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Voisin — who played another hero of a French classic in Xavier Giannoli’s 2021 adaptation of Balzac’s Lost Illusions — carries the entire drama as a lost soul whose physical beauty (perfect jawline, killer abs) can hardly conceal the emptiness inside of him.
    Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • They can also be found in multiple lead thicknesses.
    BestReviews, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • In April, leaker Majin Bu shared images of iPhone 17 Air and 17 Pro Max mock-ups, and the difference in thickness is quite significant.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ask about tenant retention, leasing progress and how vacancies are being addressed.
    Andrew DeNardo, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • At the same time, the Senate is expected to take up a vote Monday on nominee Stephen Miran for a Board of Governors vacancy.
    Jeff Cox, CNBC, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Only his near contemporary, the American modernist poet Wallace Stevens (who survived into old age), who weirdly enough also was a lawyer for an insurance company, rivals Kafka in terms of the inverse proportion of literary originality and canonical significance to dullness of life story.
    Leslie Felperin, HollywoodReporter, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Though Brezavscek says anyone noticing dryness or dullness, or looking for a gentle, yet effective product post-treatment—think microneedling, laser, or Botox—can benefit from this serum, those interested in more intensive repair might appreciate the brand’s new 3xGF Serum instead.
    Arden Fanning Andrews, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • An effective hair growth solution is less about fancy marketing claims, but formulas rooted in ingredients that can improve hair’s density and fullness while limiting breakage.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 12 Sep. 2025
  • There are different types of designs out there, from hypoallergenic and high-density (and contouring) memory foam mattresses that will pass any motion transfer test to innerspring mattresses with steel coils that can help with weight distribution and pressure relief.
    Erika Owen, Architectural Digest, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Compare that to punk rock, which used dumbness as a tactic.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • That’s off-the-scale stupidity.
    Jason Mastrodonato, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • So in the midst of poverty imposed by the American embargo and the frequent stupidity of their own government, Cubans struggle to eke out a life.
    Charles Hammer, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • What looks like slowness on land becomes strength in the water, where the hippo’s true speed and power surface.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • There is a growing appetite for slowness, intimacy, authenticity.
    Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 4 Sep. 2025

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“Vacuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuity. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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