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as in hunger
a need or desire for food
the emptiness that usually sets in about three o'clock in the afternoon
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2
as in void
empty space
there in the vast emptiness of the desert was a long-abandoned jeep
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as in vacancy
the quality or state of being empty
the emptiness of the interior of the isolated house just made it seem all the more eerie
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptiness
Noun
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President Donald Trump is sending two top White House officials to Gaza on Aug. 1 to inspect food distribution centers and meet with Gazans amid intensifying global scrutiny over the hunger crisis in the territory.—
Joey Garrison,
USA Today,
1 Aug. 2025 -
Aid experts warn that airdrops are dangerous, expensive and insufficient to tackle the widening hunger crisis there.—
Samuel Granados,
New York Times,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Filling voids with misaligned people is a waste of your time.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Aug. 2025
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The best way to control brown recluse and any spider infestation is through a pest management company, which can access wall voids to spray and kill female spiders.—
Craig Shoup,
Nashville Tennessean,
1 Aug. 2025
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The City Commission is charged with appointing a replacement to fill the vacancy, according to the City Charter.—
Anthony Man,
Sun Sentinel,
23 July 2025
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In 2024, nearly half of hospitals had nursing vacancy rates higher than 10 percent, with the average time to fill a Registered Nurse (RN) position taking anywhere from 59 to 109 days.—
Michael B. Horn,
Forbes.com,
22 July 2025
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Symptoms may include severe stomach cramps, diarrhea (often bloody) and vomiting, lasting around five to seven days.—
Marley Malenfant,
Austin American Statesman,
29 July 2025
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Inflammation in the stomach can lead to trouble in the upper end: nausea and vomiting as well as loss of appetite.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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Physics holds that, as a solid object moving in a vacuum, Earth ought to keep spinning at the same rate unless some outside force intervenes, says Duncan Agnew, a geophysicist at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.—
Meghan Bartels,
Scientific American,
31 July 2025
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Dyson does this in household products like fans and vacuums.—
Dev Patnaik,
Forbes.com,
29 July 2025
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But during his brief tenure, Pascal is dynamic, channeling a man whose appetites vacillate between control and impulsivity, charisma and combat.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
31 July 2025
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Higher capital requirements can considerably diminish a bank’s balance sheet and credit supply, dampen risk appetite and potentially impact availabilities of discretionary funds.—
Ruxandra Iordache,
CNBC,
30 July 2025
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So that has been determined and everything working toward that, filling in the blanks between here and there?—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
24 July 2025
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The goal is to have the same answer as many celebrity panelists when filling in the blank.—
Erin Jensen,
USA Today,
23 July 2025
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At least 40 Palestinians were killed by Israeli gunfire and airstrikes on Gaza, including 10 seeking aid, health authorities said on August 4, adding that another five had died of starvation in what humanitarian agencies warn may be an unfolding famine.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
4 Aug. 2025
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According to the platform’s experts, at least half a million people are expected to be in IPC Phase 5 – catastrophe – which is marked by starvation, destitution and death.—
Dr. Ewelina U. Ochab,
Forbes.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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“Emptiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptiness. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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