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as in empty
lacking contents that could or should be present
a vacant room that could be converted into a classroom
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2
as in dormant
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
looking for vacant land on which to build a house
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as in blank
not expressing any emotion
the prisoner's vacant and distracted expression
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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
police discovered that vagrants had been sleeping in the vacant warehouse
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Recent Examples of vacant
Plant returned to action in September 2024, capturing the vacant interim WBA super middleweight belt with a knockout win over Trevor McCumby.
Armando Resendiz (15-2, 11 KOs) opened his career with 12 straight wins.
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Government staff this year eliminated various vacant positions and others that were deemed unnecessary and made millions in departmental cuts across the board in response to constraints presented by the property tax revenue freeze.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
In about 330 cases, U.S. Postal Service workers tried unsuccessfully to deliver checks to vacant or destroyed homes, since residents hadn’t provided a new address.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Sadly, the Skirvin closed its doors in the late '80s and sat vacant for two decades.
—Anne Roderique-Jones, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
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Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
Government staff this year eliminated various vacant positions and others that were deemed unnecessary and made millions in departmental cuts across the board in response to constraints presented by the property tax revenue freeze.
—Sofi Zeman, Kansas City Star, 30 May 2025
In about 330 cases, U.S. Postal Service workers tried unsuccessfully to deliver checks to vacant or destroyed homes, since residents hadn’t provided a new address.
—Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2025
Sadly, the Skirvin closed its doors in the late '80s and sat vacant for two decades.
—Anne Roderique-Jones, Travel + Leisure, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacant
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Users on social media have reported shelves being empty at some Whole Foods locations with signs apologizing for the inconvenience and promising to resupply soon.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
13 June 2025
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Taking time off and regaining your drive for the mission could be the difference between running on empty forever and coming back stronger.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
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As a measure of how dormant the rivalry is, the two teams have not faced each other since 2008 — a year before Thomas Muller, who will leave Bayern this summer as their record appearance-maker with 751 (so far), had even made his competitive debut.—
Sebastian Stafford-Bloor,
New York Times,
7 June 2025
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Before Thursday, the court case had become somewhat dormant since the judge had made initial rulings against Trump’s actions around Harvard student visas.—
Andy Rose,
CNN Money,
5 June 2025
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Those blank entries were then sent out to all Google Cloud data center regions, which prompted the crashes, the company wrote.—
Jennifer Elias,
CNBC,
16 June 2025
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Although Chardonnay is a fairly neutral grape—almost a blank canvas—that can be manipulated by the winemaker, site specificity, soil composition, and terroir play a huge part in the flavor of the finished wine.—
Mike DeSimone,
Robb Report,
12 June 2025
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Banking has become functionally correct but emotionally devoid, with the industry swimming in a sea of sameness.—
Michael Abbott,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 2025
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Delle, devoid for so long from its intrinsic need for social interaction might be filling in the gaps by talking to himself.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2023
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Yet Shildt had a relatively rested back end of his bullpen and an off day coming up.—
Kevin Acee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
12 June 2025
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Some takeaways from a successful series win ahead of an off day Thursday: Mayer heating up Mayer hasn’t even been in the majors for a month, but the 22-year-old has already hit three homers and is finding his groove.—
Jen McCaffrey,
New York Times,
12 June 2025
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On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 2025
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One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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For many of the faithful, the pilgrimage begins at a sacred mud volcano rising from the barren landscape near the Makran Coastal Highway.—
Zia ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez,
New York Times,
30 May 2025
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The festival was deliberately planned for the barren weeks in June after college students left and before the summer concert and festival season kicked in.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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Network segmentation can prevent the spread of ransomware, so apply it. Disable all unused ports.—
Davey Winder,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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Once inside, officers found unused condoms, a large amount of money and business documents, according to court documents.—
Caroline Zimmerman,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
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“Vacant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacant. Accessed 20 Jun. 2025.
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