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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
There are eight head coaching vacancies in the NFL entering wild-card weekend.
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Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
The shifts left the ratio of House Republicans to Democrats at 218-213, with 216 needed to maintain a majority amid ongoing vacancies.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
While Miami had its GM vacancy dating back two months prior to season’s end, the team only opened its head coach job on Thursday.
—David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 10 Jan. 2026
Direct vacancies are unoccupied spaces that a landlord is actively marketing.
—Catherine Odom, Miami Herald, 9 Jan. 2026
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The boy jerks his head as if to wake himself, turns around abruptly and looks the other way, even though there’s nothing special to see besides darkness and emptiness, which is where a living eye should never look.—
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Grogan isn’t alone in feeling the emptiness that can follow a massive milestone.—
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Pennywise is from a void that exists outside our dimension called the Macroverse.—
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Still, the 49ers are scouring to fill Warner’s on-field void.—
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“Vacancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacancy. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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