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as in while
an indefinite but usually short period of time
in the space of a few minutes the room had filled up
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as in gap
an incomplete or deficient area
the cancellation created a huge space in the dentist's schedule for that day
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Recent Examples of space
Yet that goal seems farther and farther away with Penn State occupying the space Iowa held for three decades.
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Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
Those getting space include outlets with a long history of favorable coverage of Donald Trump — One America News Network and Breitbart News Network, as well as the New York Post, which leans right.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Feb. 2025
Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Just as critical to determine why the jet and Army Blackhawk helicopter came to occupy the same space will be information and recordings extracted from the cellphones of the 60 deceased passengers.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2025
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Audrey Snyder, The Athletic, 1 Feb. 2025
Those getting space include outlets with a long history of favorable coverage of Donald Trump — One America News Network and Breitbart News Network, as well as the New York Post, which leans right.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 1 Feb. 2025
Join our Space Forums to keep talking space on the latest missions, night sky and more!
—Joe Rao, Space.com, 1 Feb. 2025
Just as critical to determine why the jet and Army Blackhawk helicopter came to occupy the same space will be information and recordings extracted from the cellphones of the 60 deceased passengers.
—Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for space
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Storr talked about defense in the interview room after the game.—
Gary Bedore,
Kansas City Star,
23 Jan. 2025
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For example, managing voter registration data for national elections requires reconciling millions of entries across states, municipalities and districts, leaving room for inconsistencies.—
Brian Chidester,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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Panasonic also partnered with Tesla on its first battery Gigafactory in Nevada and made solar panels for it at Tesla’s Buffalo, New York, plant for a while.—
Alan Ohnsman,
Forbes,
27 Jan. 2025
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For a while, the medication liberated Alessia from her pain, and her doctors incrementally increased the dosage to keep up with her growth.—
Zoey Lyttle,
People.com,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Alpha Fund is geared toward investors seeking higher returns through more complex strategies, such as basis trading (exploiting pricing gaps between spot and futures markets) and derivatives trades.—
Nina Bambysheva,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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And yet, for the first time since that gap began to open, Notre Dame has an honest chance to go all the way.—
Pete Sampson,
The Athletic,
23 Jan. 2025
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But one of the convicts used the slack security measures during rehearsals to plan a bank robbery, which ended up in the murder of two police officers, known as the infamous Malexander shootings of 1999.—
Annika Pham,
Variety,
23 Jan. 2025
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Hansi Flick's men went 1-0 down in under two minutes at the Estadio da Luz with Vangelis Pavlidis capitalising on slack defending.—
Tom Sanderson,
Forbes,
21 Jan. 2025
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With the best brush for curly hair in your arsenal, every part of your routine—from detangling to DIY blowouts—gets a little bit simpler.—
Erin Parker,
Allure,
25 Jan. 2025
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The problem, of course, is that the bit itself is stuck in one gear.—
Vikram Murthi,
IndieWire,
25 Jan. 2025
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Some analysts suggest that China, the U.S.'s geopolitical rival, will seize the opportunity to fill the void and strengthen its role as a global leader at Washington's expense.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
21 Jan. 2025
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The launch addresses a persistent void in the home video market, where South Asian cinema has been historically underserved by major distribution labels.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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These products now all stand to cost consumers more, especially since grocers and farmers tend to operate on very low profit margin compared to other industries, giving them little leeway to absorb higher tariffs costs, and instead will pass it down to consumers, said Lovely.—
Elisabeth Buchwald,
CNN,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Supreme Court in a 2014 decision gave the executive branch broad leeway to fill executive branch vacancies when the Senate is not in session, even for political purposes such as difficulty securing Senate confirmation.—
John Parkinson,
ABC News,
21 Jan. 2025
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The Chiefs have won four Super Bowls in their history, three in the past five seasons, and can join the Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s as the only franchise to win four in a six-year span.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
27 Jan. 2025
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The Cyclones have two significant opportunities next week, taking on Kansas State and TCU in a four-day span.—
Mark Schindler,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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“Space.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/space. Accessed 5 Feb. 2025.
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