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as in emptiness
empty space
the seemingly endless vacuity between settlements in the desert
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as in vacancy
the quality or state of being empty
the vacuity of the house after everyone had moved out was both striking and depressing
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as in thickness
the quality or state of lacking intelligence or quickness of mind
the monumental vacuity of the starlet's comments on the important issues of the day
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Recent Examples of vacuity
The vacuity of the space around an ion qubit means that its state (0, 1 or both) is relatively unimpacted by state-destroying air particles.
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Katherine Wright, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
For decades, the industry and the media have mistaken Anderson’s introverted nature for vacuity.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Instead of interrogating Indian officials on their Ukraine policy, or providing space for in-depth discussion of what India should do, Indian outlets echo the vacuity of Foreign Ministry pronouncements.
—Anjani Jain, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022
Kaokept, who charms as the Balladeer, recedes into sympathetic vacuity when playing Oswald.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
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Katherine Wright, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2023
For decades, the industry and the media have mistaken Anderson’s introverted nature for vacuity.
—Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 26 Jan. 2023
Instead of interrogating Indian officials on their Ukraine policy, or providing space for in-depth discussion of what India should do, Indian outlets echo the vacuity of Foreign Ministry pronouncements.
—Anjani Jain, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2022
Kaokept, who charms as the Balladeer, recedes into sympathetic vacuity when playing Oswald.
—Los Angeles Times, 23 Feb. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacuity
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The iPhone 17 Air is rumored to measure around 5.5mm in thickness.—
Prakhar Khanna,
Forbes.com,
13 Apr. 2025
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Quilted or padded cloth playmats range in thickness between 0.2 and 0.8 inches.—
BestReviews,
Mercury News,
11 Apr. 2025
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And despite a slight uptick in vacancy rates, the market remains competitive for quality spaces, according Anjee Solanki, Colliers’ national director of retail services and practice groups.—
Arthur Zaczkiewicz,
Footwear News,
18 Apr. 2025
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San Francisco’s downtown vacancy rate remained a stubbornly high 35.8% at the end of the first quarter, and average asking rents are still a depressed $68.63 per square foot, according to CBRE.—
Bloomberg,
Mercury News,
17 Apr. 2025
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Gillin made sure to match Ratajkowski’s hair color, texture, and density to the K-tips and installed them with her growth patterns to maximize the seamless look.—
Catharine Malzahn,
Glamour,
22 Apr. 2025
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The phone’s battery has an impressive power density of 821Wh/L thanks to a high amount of silicon.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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Trump himself personifies stupidity’s essential feature — self-satisfaction, an inability to recognize the flaws in your thinking.—
David Brooks,
Mercury News,
16 Apr. 2025
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These deaths come on the heels of the equally bizarre and jarring death of Adult Lottie (Simone Kessell) which brings us to four adult survivors dead, though Adult Travis died offscreen (sparking a really fascinating mystery that ended in sheer stupidity and disappointment).—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
5 Apr. 2025
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“Vacuity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacuity. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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