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as in null
having no legal or binding force
an agreement is void if obtained by force
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as in empty
lacking contents that could or should be present
a nuclear explosion that would leave the landscape as void and lifeless as one could imagine
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as in devoid
utterly lacking in something needed, wanted, or expected
entirely void of common sense
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as in deserted
left unoccupied or unused
the cornfields lay void under a blanket of snow
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as in gap
an incomplete or deficient area
a repressed memory that left a huge void in her recollection of her adolescent years
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as in emptiness
empty space
those ancient travelers who traversed those vast watery voids between the islands of Oceania
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as in hole
an open space in a barrier (as a wall or hedge)
the client wanted an old-fashioned stone wall and did not want the voids filled in with mortar
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as in to repeal
to put an end to by formal action
the court's decision voided the will the cashier voided the sale when the customer realized his wallet was at home
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Recent Examples of void
Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Veteran right tackle Rob Havenstein, who is entering his 11th pro season, is essentially in the final year of a contract that includes void years in 2026 and 2027.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Jen Wang, Vogue, 27 May 2025
Hair's porosity will increase in response to the voids in your hair when the cortex and medulla are damaged.23
Low-porosity hair is identified by its tightly closed cuticles, which are reluctant to absorb water, hair products, or oils.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 May 2025
Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 14 May 2025
There are also pressure-relieving vents at the front and batwings at the rear to void air from the backwheels.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
Until the first issue was published, on February 21, 1925, the magazine was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep.
—Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
Veteran right tackle Rob Havenstein, who is entering his 11th pro season, is essentially in the final year of a contract that includes void years in 2026 and 2027.
—Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2025
Noun
Lydie is Agnes’s ride-or-die, a Black lesbian Ted Hughes scholar who acts as a tether to the outside world, keeping Agnes from slipping into a void.
—Jen Wang, Vogue, 27 May 2025
Hair's porosity will increase in response to the voids in your hair when the cortex and medulla are damaged.23
Low-porosity hair is identified by its tightly closed cuticles, which are reluctant to absorb water, hair products, or oils.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 26 May 2025
Verb
The move to create a committee comes as Tesla scrambles to resolve the legal and leadership uncertainty surrounding Musk’s role after the record-breaking compensation deal was voided.
—Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 14 May 2025
There are also pressure-relieving vents at the front and batwings at the rear to void air from the backwheels.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for void
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Null and Void The first major point of controversy involves something called the null energy condition, under which—among other things—energy can’t propagate faster than light.—
Lyndie Chiou,
Scientific American,
30 Apr. 2025
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Gloria and Emilio Estefan’s team also provided information that could render these accusations null.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
2 Apr. 2025
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American retailers cried foul and indicated Santa Claus’s sled would be empty.—
Bruce Yandle,
Boston Herald,
1 June 2025
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Those who depend on the river are already dealing with uncertainty: this season’s mountain snowpack is expected to deliver about half the median amount of water to the system’s two major reservoirs, which are already two-thirds empty.—
Elise Schmelzer,
Denver Post,
31 May 2025
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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
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The brand’s bestsellers are the Essential Face Compact, the Lip Compact and the lip pencils, but the gap isn’t a huge one between her other products.—
Hikmat Mohammed,
Footwear News,
4 June 2025
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Their defensemen don’t allow much gap between them and opposing forwards.—
Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
4 June 2025
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Three holes were drilled in his skull to reduce the pressure on his brain (those holes were later filled with titanium plugs).—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
6 June 2025
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Despite his success, DeBoer’s tenure in Dallas will now be best remembered for his snap decision to pull starting goaltender Jake Oettinger after the Stars fell into an early 2-0 hole in their elimination game against Edmonton last week.—
Carol Schram,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
Verb
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An effort to repeal the law completely did not advance the spring legislative session, while the vote for the delay came on the session’s last day.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2025
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The group, known as the L.A. Alliance for Tourism, Jobs and Progress, is hoping to persuade voters to repeal the ordinance.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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The court ordered that four of Trump’s executive orders are invalid and must be repealed.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
30 May 2025
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The suit argues that the designation of Chuckwalla was an invalid use of the Antiquities Act, and also claims the Antiquities Act itself is unconstitutional.—
Lila Seidman,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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The festival was deliberately planned for the barren weeks in June after college students left and before the summer concert and festival season kicked in.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
25 May 2025
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The Bureau’s new research station on Hawaii’s Mauna Loa volcano, with its high altitude and barren landscape, would prove to be the ideal collection spot.—
Ashley Braun,
Smithsonian Magazine,
19 May 2025
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“Void.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/void. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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