as in emptiness
empty space
a conspicuous blankness surrounds the figure of the woman, for the artist is trying to suggest her deep isolation and loneliness
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Recent Examples of blankness
Perhaps there’s comfort to be found in the stillness and blankness of winter.
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The Atlantic Culture Desk, The Atlantic, 26 Dec. 2025
In that moment, control often slips away as muscles stiffen, limbs jerk, awareness fades into confusion or blankness and those around feel powerless to help.
—Daryl Austin, USA Today, 18 Nov. 2025
This can leave a certain blankness at the film’s center, but Seyfried’s performance ably fills in the emotional details.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 4 Sep. 2025
Its action is centered on the mind-bending power of the blazing sun and the bewildering emptiness of the sandy landscape; its grim premise is the blankness of death itself.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 8 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blankness
emptiness
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Instead, the general indifference shown toward its own story — or, at least, the best versions of it — comes to emphasize the emptiness at its core.—
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He was left with an unfamiliar emptiness.—
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“Blankness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blankness. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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