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as in empty
lacking contents that could or should be present
a vacant room that could be converted into a classroom
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2
as in dormant
not being in a state of use, activity, or employment
looking for vacant land on which to build a house
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as in blank
not expressing any emotion
the prisoner's vacant and distracted expression
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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
police discovered that vagrants had been sleeping in the vacant warehouse
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Recent Examples of vacant
Bunkhouses, once filled with hundreds of workers during the peak salmon harvest, were vacant.
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ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Only one Republican member remains, and another seat is vacant, leaving the board unable to take official action.
—Amy Schoenfeld Walker, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Driving the news: The seat's been vacant since Jon Husted's appointment to the U.S. Senate last month.
—Andrew King, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
When Melton took office, in December, 2023, four in ten buildings in town were falling apart; roughly seven thousand were vacant.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
Only one Republican member remains, and another seat is vacant, leaving the board unable to take official action.
—Amy Schoenfeld Walker, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2025
Driving the news: The seat's been vacant since Jon Husted's appointment to the U.S. Senate last month.
—Andrew King, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
When Melton took office, in December, 2023, four in ten buildings in town were falling apart; roughly seven thousand were vacant.
—Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacant
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But a month after their deaths, the bedroom sat empty.—
PJ Green,
Kansas City Star,
25 Feb. 2025
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The body part was dumped onto an empty schoolyard in northern Dublin around 10:30 a.m. Friday, according to Irish outlet Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTE).—
Brian Niemietz,
New York Daily News,
25 Feb. 2025
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Wait for the fig plant to go dormant before moving it indoors.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
12 Feb. 2025
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Listen to this article During his dormant rookie season, Jalen Pickett occasionally played one-on-one against Jamal Murray.—
Bennett Durando,
The Denver Post,
11 Feb. 2025
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Floria is a portrait of unflappable repression, the sort of level of stress that numbs the muscles in the face to be nothing other than blank.—
Adam Solomons,
IndieWire,
17 Feb. 2025
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Because of that match with Liverpool at Wembley, Newcastle’s fixture at Crystal Palace in Gameweek 29 is currently a blank and the fixture has been removed from the official Fantasy Premier League website.—
Abdul Rehman,
The Athletic,
13 Feb. 2025
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Delle, devoid for so long from its intrinsic need for social interaction might be filling in the gaps by talking to himself.—
Mack DeGeurin,
Popular Science,
14 Feb. 2023
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The medication has hallucinogenic effects that alter the perception of sight and sound and cause users to feel devoid from pain and out of control of their surroundings.—
Jay Stahl,
USA TODAY,
28 Oct. 2023
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Because the baseball season is long, every off day — both in spring training and in the regular season — is cherished as a time to spend time away from the constant grind of the season.—
C. Trent Rosecrans,
The Athletic,
26 Feb. 2025
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The companies are also planning another event in December for athletes in leagues that are in their off seasons at the time, like the WNBA, NWSL, and MLB.—
Alex Weprin,
The Hollywood Reporter,
6 Feb. 2025
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One of the most powerful scenes in Sugarcane takes place in a disused barn where, over a period of decades, Indigenous children worked under the lash.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
8 Feb. 2025
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McQueen spends half an hour dispassionately showing us the grimness of HMP Maze, a Troubles-era warehouse for enemies of the British state on a disused airfield.—
IndieWire Staff,
IndieWire,
12 Aug. 2024
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In her first Cowboy Carter teaser during the 2024 Super Bowl, Bey is seen driving a taxi through a barren landscape.—
Rania Aniftos,
Billboard,
19 Feb. 2025
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Is there something about the needy Anja and her ragged child that the barren Isabell responds to?—
Alissa Simon,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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Wubben-Moy, 26, was absent from the Arsenal squad which beat Tottenham Hotspur 5-0 in the Women’s Super League (WSL) on Sunday, while 29-year-old Mead was an unused substitute.—
Luke Bosher,
The Athletic,
17 Feb. 2025
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That includes $193 million in write-downs of unused doses of the Covid vaccine, among other costs.—
Annika Kim Constantino,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Vacant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacant. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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