devoid
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For this year’s Mother’s Day take, it presented “Mom: The Movie,” a film devoid of conflict or dramatic tension because “Moms have enough stress. Why not let them feel good for a day?”
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
The court said Tarrant's "proposed conviction appeal is utterly devoid of merit".
From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026
Is life richer with a fortuneless love match, or with all the wealth in the world and a stable union devoid of romantic passion?
From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026
The composition is utterly still, devoid of human presence and enlivened only by fluttering harbor flags and the canvas’s scintillating pinpoints of color.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 28, 2026
I slipped into the garden to visit the candle trees, which, devoid of their leaves, resembled rows of skeletal arms bent at the elbow.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for High School Students, List 3
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 16–19
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