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That is more than one desk in four, politely asked whether it would prefer to be empty.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

Two decades ago, the Design District was a neglected grid of low-slung warehouses and empty lots.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2026

But it offers physicists a new possibility for solving one of cosmology's deepest mysteries: how matter survived when its encounter with antimatter could have left the universe almost entirely empty.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

Larger stadiums offer room for growth but can feel empty, while smaller venues often generate atmosphere at the expense of capacity and facilities.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Soldiers in uniform, soldiers in street clothes, soldiers with empty sleeves neatly pinned up to their shoulders where arms used to be.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

Depending on how heavily a bin is used, the department says it empties receptacles three to seven days a week.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

To investigate, an international research team examined how consuming fat before or after glucose influences blood sugar, hormone activity, and the speed at which the stomach empties.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

BuzzBallz's UK FAQs, now also deleted, stated: "Yes, our packaging is recyclable. Please recycle your empties where local facilities allow."

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

She mops the comb plates of escalators, empties trash bins and sweeps the platform of the No. 7 line subway.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026

Getting the broth into Peeta takes an hour of coaxing, begging, threatening, and yes, kissing, but finally, sip by sip, he empties the pot.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

Future observers will live in a universe that appears far smaller and emptier than the one we can see today.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 25, 2026

More: Oil settles at highest price in over a week, as supplies ‘are getting emptier each week Hormuz stays closed’

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 3, 2026

The island didn’t just feel emptier, it was.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026

When we paid one last visit to the fair in September, with children back at school, Coney Beach felt emptier.

From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2025

The more he saw others exerting themselves, the emptier he felt.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

These regions are among the coldest and emptiest places in the universe.

From Science Daily ● Jan. 21, 2026

Per pupil spending in the district is $19,798, but per pupil costs at the 10 emptiest schools is double—almost $38,000.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 14, 2026

So it’s nice that Anne-Lise Millan-Brun, the founder of a bicycle school in Paris, has chosen as a training ground one of the emptiest places in this crowded city.

From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2023

San Francisco: “The Daily” covered how the City by the Bay’s downtown became the emptiest in America.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

By the time they had reached the other side of the marquee, most of the tables were occupied: The emptiest was the one where Luna sat alone.

From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling

Some apartment buildings do not have enough dumpster space, he said, while others are not emptied regularly.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026

Early on, the ferocious fivesome so turned off audiences that it famously emptied one venue in less than 10 minutes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

But before it can start, the glasshouse has to be completely emptied of the 1,300 tropical plants and trees it has inside.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Before blood pressure was measured, participants emptied their bladders and walked for two minutes to simulate the typical experience of walking into a clinic or medical office before a screening.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

Florida emptied the jar of chocolate syrup into the bowl.

From "Ruby Holler" by Sharon Creech

By measuring how much of the drug appeared in the bloodstream after oral administration, they could estimate the rate of gastric emptying.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026

Earlier on Thursday, Julia wrote in a LinkedIn post: "Working parents have enough to contend with in the morning without a utility company emptying their bank account."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

Indonesian authorities raided a prison outside Jakarta Wednesday where inmates have allegedly been paying to live in luxury, emptying several "villas" of furniture, bottles of alcohol and at least one big-screen TV.

From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026

More often, his grunt work involves riding on the front to shield Pogacar from the wind, setting the pace on the hardest mountain stages, and emptying the tank until he can hardly turn the pedals.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

I hated taking out the Folgers coffee can and emptying it in the outhouse every morning before I went to school.

From "Breaking Through" by Francisco Jiménez