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Recent Examples of blanks
Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Mum was the word from Stafford, leaving others to fill in the blanks.
—Jay Paris, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But Pinstripes Nation scribe Sara Molnick filled in the blanks on Monday.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Each draft report contains bracketed fill-in-the-blanks that an officer must either complete or delete before it can be submitted.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Janet Nakakihara, 91, tells her Hiroshima bombing story in a flat, matter-of-fact voice, a restraint that forces her listener to fill in the emotional blanks, feeling terror and revulsion and anger as each detail warrants.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Founded in 2011 and based in the Swiss city of Le Locle, a major watchmaking hub, the company is specialized in precision manufacturing of watch components for high-end timepieces as well as watch blanks.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
In an effort to ensure gun saftey on set, the show used fake muzzle flashes on set without using blanks or explosives.
—Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Sep. 2025
Mum was the word from Stafford, leaving others to fill in the blanks.
—Jay Paris, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025
But Pinstripes Nation scribe Sara Molnick filled in the blanks on Monday.
—Jon Vankin, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
Each draft report contains bracketed fill-in-the-blanks that an officer must either complete or delete before it can be submitted.
—Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 12 Aug. 2025
Janet Nakakihara, 91, tells her Hiroshima bombing story in a flat, matter-of-fact voice, a restraint that forces her listener to fill in the emotional blanks, feeling terror and revulsion and anger as each detail warrants.
—Andre Mouchard, Oc Register, 7 Aug. 2025
Founded in 2011 and based in the Swiss city of Le Locle, a major watchmaking hub, the company is specialized in precision manufacturing of watch components for high-end timepieces as well as watch blanks.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks
Noun
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His work is recognized for rejecting straight lines in favor of rounded, continuous forms and for being approachable yet full of personality.—
Elizabeth Fogarty,
Better Homes & Gardens,
9 Sep. 2025
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With Off the Internet, DocLab turns to interactive and immersive art in search of new forms of presence and connection.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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To conduct these surveys, the office sent questionnaires about vacancies to each of the 139 facilities.—
Natalie Eilbert,
jsonline.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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But Grassley has firmly resisted calls to abandon blue slips, noting that Republicans used the same mechanism to block former President Joe Biden’s nominees, in some cases preserving vacancies that Trump is now attempting to fill.—
Kaelan Deese,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In 2024, Endries caught 45 passes over the final eight games of the season for Cal, with at least five catches in six of those contests.—
Tyler Everett,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Aug. 2025
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The maximum totality always occurs on the centerline of the path, where the entire diameter of the moon's shadow passes over.—
Jamie Carter,
Space.com,
25 Aug. 2025
Noun
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To verify the details of their story, Eldeib examined thousands of pages of medical records, billing statements, state agency reports and insurance documents.—
Duaa Eldeib,
ProPublica,
10 Sep. 2025
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Foreign workers can also easily produce high-quality fake documents.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Those voids are created in two main ways.—
Conor O'Neill,
New York Times,
12 Aug. 2025
Verb
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An energy policy that ignores this will get traction depending on which party is in office but not beyond that.—
Robert G. Eccles,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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This perspective ignores the need for people to come to decisions together about truth and reality.—
Sara Giordano,
The Conversation,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Honda conducts an annual symposium in Japan where engineers and researchers from across the company including HRC gather to present and publish papers on their developments.—
Sam Abuelsamid,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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More papers are expected over the next year or so.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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While established names from the local reggae scene headline the main stage, Bohannon continues to build space for emerging talent and bridging generational and cultural gaps across Kansas City’s evolving creative landscape.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
6 Sep. 2025
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The new laws aim to address gaps in disaster preparedness by improving camp safety and streamlining the emergency response.—
Rebekah Riess,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Blanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanks. Accessed 12 Sep. 2025.
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