Thesaurus results for VACANCIES

vacancies

noun

plural of vacancy

as in voids

empty space the vast vacancy that exists between our solar system and the nearest star having its own orbiting planets

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Recent Examples of vacancies Results are evident by the village’s sound occupancy rate, Upham said, with many of the downtown’s key vacancies filled or engaged to be filled. — Linda Girardi, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026 The promotions could put them in line to fill vacancies on the seven-member commission, which has been reduced to two by the corruption investigations. — ABC News, 4 July 2026 Some senior vacancies, such as human resources manager and recreation supervisor, would be underfilled with a junior employee. — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 2 July 2026 While headlines often focus on office vacancies or uncertainty in other property types, industrial space continues to benefit from strong underlying demand. — Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 4 July 2026 The House currently has 218 Republicans, 212 Democrats, an independent and four vacancies. — Saige Miller, NPR, 1 July 2026 Trustee vacancies across the 15 museums stood at 15 percent in October 2025, while appointments took an average of 219 days, well above the government’s 90-day target. — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 30 June 2026 In addition, officials are actively looking to fill approximately 80 correctional officer vacancies. — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026 The move comes as the center manages vacancies following this year’s closing of Value City Furniture store after its parent company, American Signature, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. — Catherine Muccigrosso july 1, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026

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If these voids aren't filled with credible information, employees will interpret events themselves, often leading to rumors that may or may not be true.

— Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Researchers found that the solar wind experiments created tiny voids within the mineral structure.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026

Definition of voids

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Casemiro was able to coast through performances against poor Haiti and Scotland sides in two of Brazil’s group stage games, but Morocco provided much sterner opposition that exposed some worrying gaps in midfield.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
The problem, inherent to the design, has always been the physical gaps between those individual boxes.

— Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

Definition of gaps

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These include supernovae and other cataclysms, such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), some of which arise from colliding black holes or neutron stars and are among the most powerful explosions in the universe.

— Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026
Because black holes emit no visible light, astronomers rely on indirect methods to find them.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026

Definition of black holes

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Opportunities to fill in the blanks Our research has also found that researchers may have options to work around government failures to collect and report this more detailed data.

— Mark Axelrod, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
As shown below though, those opportunities were not exactly gilt-edged as Turkey fired blanks in their first two matches.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026

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