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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
Suhr is being considered by the White House to fill a vacant seat on the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
The trustees also approved the appointment of Magnolia School District Superintendent John Ward to an administrator trustee position that became vacant with the resignation on June 30 of former Lake Hamilton School District Superintendent Shawn Higginbotham, who has retired.
—Arkansas Online, 21 July 2025
In their place, young first-round picks Tyler Guyton and Tyler Booker will look to fill the huge vacant shoes (both literally and figuratively).
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
Manny Pacquiao The 30-year-old Barrios won the vacant WBC interim welterweight title in September 2023 with a unanimous decision over Yordenis Ugás.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Chris Ramirez, jsonline.com, 22 July 2025
The trustees also approved the appointment of Magnolia School District Superintendent John Ward to an administrator trustee position that became vacant with the resignation on June 30 of former Lake Hamilton School District Superintendent Shawn Higginbotham, who has retired.
—Arkansas Online, 21 July 2025
In their place, young first-round picks Tyler Guyton and Tyler Booker will look to fill the huge vacant shoes (both literally and figuratively).
—Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 July 2025
Manny Pacquiao The 30-year-old Barrios won the vacant WBC interim welterweight title in September 2023 with a unanimous decision over Yordenis Ugás.
—Trent Reinsmith, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacant
Adjective
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Soft yet sturdy, linen bags like this are durable enough to hold a laptop, books, and other travel essentials, yet they can be tucked into your pocket when empty.—
Sophie Dodd,
Travel + Leisure,
19 July 2025
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Your thoughtful disagreement creates stronger relationships than empty praise.—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
18 July 2025
Adjective
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This means your lawn is dormant and should be revived with watering.—
Meghan Overdeep,
Southern Living,
22 July 2025
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Shipbuilding in the United States has been all but dormant.—
Adam Reiss,
NBC news,
17 July 2025
Adjective
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Pinterest is flooded with soft-launch ideas: two plates on the dinner table, two silhouettes cast against a blank wall, two pairs of shoes sitting next to one another.—
Kameryn Griesser,
CNN Money,
22 July 2025
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What once sat blank and unmoving begins to flow and creak and jerk beneath its own weight.—
Laura Poppick
July 22,
Literary Hub,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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Banking has become functionally correct but emotionally devoid, with the industry swimming in a sea of sameness.—
Michael Abbott,
Forbes,
19 Mar. 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
Adjective
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Avoid wrapping leftover cut lemons in aluminum foil, which can react with the acidity in the fruit, causing an off flavor.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
15 July 2025
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No team could use an off day than the New York Mets.—
John Perrotto,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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On his release, Stern went on to spend the 1950s ping-ponging between New York and California, for a time living on a disused laundry barge in Sausalito.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
3 Mar. 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
Adjective
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Then there is Canada and Greenland’s beef over the uninhabited Hans Island, a barren spit in the Kennedy Channel.—
Charlie Campbell,
Time,
25 July 2025
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Brown, barren, patchy spots in your lawn can be unsightly.—
Cody Godwin,
USA Today,
24 July 2025
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But other times, windows would be rearranged seemingly at random, with unused space and weird gaps that require you to fuss around and move all your windows around again.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 July 2025
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This includes physical assets like IT hardware, networking equipment and office infrastructure, but also intangible assets like intellectual property, unused software licenses, real estate and even entire business units that no longer align with the company’s strategic goals.—
Albert Golukhov,
Forbes.com,
24 July 2025
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“Vacant.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacant. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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