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as in emptiness
empty space
the vast vacancy that exists between our solar system and the nearest star having its own orbiting planets
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as in vacuum
the quality or state of being empty
the vacancy of the cavernous gymnasium was eerily apparent to me as I shot baskets alone
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Recent Examples of vacancy
Rental market: Most of the Arizona cities on the list performed well in this category, which considered sublet laws, vacancy rates, amount of renters and more.
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Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
Scalia vacancy changed everything February 2016 brought about an abrupt and lasting change in newspaper coverage.
—Christopher Krewson, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
The vacancies left the state open to abuse, the report concluded.
—Kacen Bayless
july 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
But vacancies are increasing across much of the prison system, corrections data show.
—Mario Koran, jsonline.com, 12 July 2025
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Shelby Slade, AZCentral.com, 18 July 2025
Scalia vacancy changed everything February 2016 brought about an abrupt and lasting change in newspaper coverage.
—Christopher Krewson, The Conversation, 17 July 2025
The vacancies left the state open to abuse, the report concluded.
—Kacen Bayless
july 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
But vacancies are increasing across much of the prison system, corrections data show.
—Mario Koran, jsonline.com, 12 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacancy
void
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Most successfully, the series filled the Samantha void with sultry, cigarette-smoking real estate agent Seema Patel (Sarita Choudhury), easily the strongest of the new characters.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 Aug. 2025
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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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“Vacancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacancy. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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