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devoid

[dih-void] / dɪˈvɔɪd /


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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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