How to Use vacate in a Sentence

vacate

verb

• Students must vacate their rooms at the end of the semester.
• The court vacated the conviction.
• The police told everyone to vacate the premises.
• She refused to vacate her post even under increased pressure.
• The election will fill the congressional seat vacated by the retiring senator.
• The notices to vacate are just the first step in the eviction process.
  — Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2023
• The case was dismissed but Whyte still had to vacate the unit.
  — Eric Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 Feb. 2022
• By now, the puffins had vacated the area, and gulls swarmed the sea caves.
  — Kayla Becker, Travel + Leisure, 28 Oct. 2023
• The woman isn’t facing any charges and agreed to vacate the sign.
  — Brie Stimson, Fox News, 10 May 2024
• But the group hasn’t taken the threat of a motion to vacate for Johnson off the table.
  — Julia Johnson, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
• The new Shack is now on the first floor, which was vacated by the grand larceny unit.
  — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 30 Jan. 2025
• The holiday hits have vacated the top of the Billboard charts to reveal the first Top 10 hits of the new year.
  — Thania Garcia, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
• Gaetz’s action Monday marked the first time that the motion to vacate has been used to try to oust a speaker.
  — WSJ, 4 Oct. 2023
• The judge ordered Dean to vacate the office and ordered a runoff to fill the vacancy.
  — Mike Cason | [e-mail], al, 20 May 2022
• The suit seeks an order vacating the FTC’s click-to-cancel rule.
  — Todd Spangler, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024
• The 17-18 crown had to be vacated because of NCAA penalties.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2025
• Conley ran a good route — a 15-yard out route to the sideline amid the space vacated by the Packers’ zone defense.
  — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2024
• Divvy would buy it, and then rent it back to customers who would have three years to get a mortgage to either buy the house or vacate.
  — Matthew Goldstein, New York Times, 22 Jan. 2025
• The Justice Department filed a brief with the Supreme Court to vacate the injunction by the appeals court.
  — Alicia Adamczyk, Fortune, 18 Nov. 2022
• The order also asks to give a 24-hour notice for Schubert to vacate.
  — Stepheny Price, Fox News, 30 Oct. 2024
• Harry and Meghan are asked to vacate their home in England, in a further royal rift.
  — Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2023
• And as soon as the rental assistance case is resolved, hand him his notice to vacate.
  — New York Times, 28 May 2022
• About two dozen Sedamsville renters have been asked to vacate their homes and apartments without warning.
  — Randy Tucker, The Enquirer, 1 Mar. 2023
• And sometime in the next four days, the third, Mike Krzyzewski, will vacate the stage, leaving these two titans standing alone.
  — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 1 Apr. 2022
• But some residents didn’t want to vacate the homes to which they are deeply connected.
  — Melina Walling, The Arizona Republic, 15 June 2022
• In 2016, after part of the sea wall collapsed, Small Business posted orders for the boaters to vacate.
  — New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021
• Moore and the other lawyer eventually moved to vacate the space late last year, the person said.
  — Devlin Barrett, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2023
• The lower court then quickly scheduled a hearing on the state's motion to vacate.
  — CBS News, 28 Mar. 2023
• The lower court then quickly scheduled a hearing on the state’s motion to vacate.
  — Brian Witte, Fortune, 28 Mar. 2023
• Last summer, the state vacated the murder conviction and life sentence of Taji Pearson.
  — Charles Rabin, Miami Herald, 6 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 25 Feb 2025