vacuating

present participle of vacuate

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuating
Verb
  • About 700 people live on the 12 Tokara islands, and some of the residents have been evacuating voluntarily to the mainland.
    Hollie Silverman John Feng, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • But there is no apparent mechanism to prevent those Hamas members from joining the throngs of Palestinians evacuating south.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Trouble emptying the bladder completely.
    Jenna Anderson, Health, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Less than two days after a report of gunfire sent people running at Worlds of Fun Saturday night, emptying the amusement park on the first night of their Halloween Haunt event, police have determined the noises were caused by fireworks.
    PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The second stage was able to regain attitude control and managed to climb to a peak altitude of 198 miles (320 kilometers) before exhausting its fuel.
    Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Lula was imprisoned in 2018, but he was released in November 2019 after the Supreme Court ruled that defendants can’t be jailed before exhausting appeal options.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Ensure your home is securely locked when vacating the premises.
    NC Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 13 Sep. 2025
  • As United’s right wing-back plays the ball inside to Fernandes, Mazraoui drops, drawing Josh Laurent upfield and further vacating the space for Amad to attack.
    Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Aphids and Spider Mites These tiny, sap-sucking insects become more active in the fall, infesting flowering and fruiting plants.
    Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Sep. 2025
  • This undead, blood-sucking Transylvanian nobleman was the creation of the Anglo-Irish author Bram Stoker.
    Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Others have done the same, voiding the warranty on their oven in the name of better pizza.
    Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 6 Dec. 2024
  • Pay Package, Delaware Chancery Court Musk is poised to appeal a judge’s decision voiding his Tesla pay package as excessive, while Tesla plans to ask shareholders at the company’s June 13 annual meeting to ratify the same compensation plan approved six years ago.
    Bloomberg, The Mercury News, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Vacuating.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuating. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.

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