as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
vacated cottages that are easy targets for burglars during the winter
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as in abolished
to put an end to by formal action
the contract was vacated by the court on the grounds that the signer was underage
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Recent Examples of vacated
Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
After Sephora vacated Penney’s and set up shop at Kohl’s, Penney’s rolled out JCP Beauty departments with an inclusive mix of masstige, prestige and mass brands from new, emerging and established companies, to all of its stores.
—David Moin, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
Title 9 Sports Grill, a sports bar focused on women's athletics, will open in January in the Melrose District space being vacated by Short Leash Hotdogs and Taproom.
—Axios Phoenix, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Thousands of people have vacated their homes in Malibu, California, due to the Franklin Fire setting the city ablaze, including a litany of high-profile residents.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
Menendez’s seat was vacated after he was found guilty on 16 charges in a wide-ranging corruption case.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
Chase vacated the building in 2021 for its new campus in Tempe, leaving Arizona's tallest building empty.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
In an April 2024 appeal hearing, a judge granted Julie's appeal and vacated her seven-year sentence in June due to insufficient evidence while Todd's sentence was upheld.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Three days after the Berliners vacated Carnegie, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, another indisputably world-class ensemble, arrived to play two concerts under Klaus Mäkelä, its twenty-eight-year-old chief conductor designate.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
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The injunction, which applies to the 2025 season unless it is vacated on appeal, blocks NASCAR from denying 23XI Racing and Front Row the same terms offered to charter teams and ensures the two teams are not compelled to release legal claims against NASCAR.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 23 Dec. 2024
After Sephora vacated Penney’s and set up shop at Kohl’s, Penney’s rolled out JCP Beauty departments with an inclusive mix of masstige, prestige and mass brands from new, emerging and established companies, to all of its stores.
—David Moin, WWD, 18 Dec. 2024
Title 9 Sports Grill, a sports bar focused on women's athletics, will open in January in the Melrose District space being vacated by Short Leash Hotdogs and Taproom.
—Axios Phoenix, Axios, 18 Dec. 2024
Thousands of people have vacated their homes in Malibu, California, due to the Franklin Fire setting the city ablaze, including a litany of high-profile residents.
—Caroline Thayer, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2024
Menendez’s seat was vacated after he was found guilty on 16 charges in a wide-ranging corruption case.
—Lauren Irwin, The Hill, 9 Dec. 2024
Chase vacated the building in 2021 for its new campus in Tempe, leaving Arizona's tallest building empty.
—Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 10 Dec. 2024
In an April 2024 appeal hearing, a judge granted Julie's appeal and vacated her seven-year sentence in June due to insufficient evidence while Todd's sentence was upheld.
—Stephanie Wenger, People.com, 10 Dec. 2024
Three days after the Berliners vacated Carnegie, the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, another indisputably world-class ensemble, arrived to play two concerts under Klaus Mäkelä, its twenty-eight-year-old chief conductor designate.
—Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 9 Dec. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacated
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Currently, 27 states still use the death penalty, while 23 states have abolished it and five states are holding executions based on gubernatorial action, according to the Death Penalty Information Center.Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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The death penalty was abolished in New York state, but the federal charges could bring a death sentence if Mangione is convicted.Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 21 Dec. 2024
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Break down cardboard, shirt and gift boxes so more can fit in the recycling container and fall out readily as it is emptied, Allen said.Keith Matheny, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
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In the fourth quarter, the sections of the Horseshoe once painted in orange had largely emptied.Mitch Sherman, The Athletic, 22 Dec. 2024
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According to the nonprofit, Kristin Davis found the abandoned and weak elephant calf while on a trip near Kenya's Chyulu Hills.Kelli Bender, People.com, 15 Oct. 2024
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Seen in a video that moves through the abandoned and disarrayed hallways of the pediatric intensive care unit at Al-Nasr Children’s Hospital in northern Gaza were several babies whose unattended bodies lay on separate hospital beds.Yasmine Salam, NBC News, 2 Dec. 2023
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More than a hundred people had to be evacuated using ropes and ladders after a lift at a ski resort in Colorado malfunctioned and left visitors suspended in the air.Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2024
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Buildings and a nearby school were evacuated.Gord Magill, Newsweek, 21 Dec. 2024
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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 his first five night-shift stints as watchman at a disused ’80s amusement park/arcade mall — Freddy Fazbear’s Pizza Place — Mike stares glaze-eyed at security monitors, then drifts into violent 3-D incidents, His circumstance incarnates the hell that Morrissey sings about.Armond White, National Review, 1 Nov. 2023
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This could drop considerably, though, to 23% to 34% below 2005 levels if EPA emissions regulations are repealed along with other measures, potentially including a whole-scale repeal of the sweeping Biden climate law.Andrew Freedman, Axios, 19 Dec. 2024
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Some strange laws in states have since been repealed, or were never true laws after all, and rather just rumors that have circulated.Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 17 Dec. 2024
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The Los Angeles Fire Department responded to the blaze around 11 a.m. on South Hope Street, arriving to find the four-story vacant building on fire, according to a department news release.Summer Lin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2024
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The structure fire was located on the top floor of the vacant four-story building located at 1246 S Hope St. A total of 17 fire companies and more than 100 firefighters, knocked down the blaze in 1 hour and 37 minutes, the LAFD said.Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 26 Dec. 2024
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No American Airlines flights were canceled as a result of the stoppage.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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That order was canceled about an hour later, the Air Traffic Control Command Center said in an advisory.Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2024
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“Vacated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacated. Accessed 31 Dec. 2024.
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