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vacancy

[vay-kuhn-see] / ˈveɪ kən si /


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The vacancy rate of warehouses near U.S. ports climbed to 7.7% through July, compared with 6.8% nationally.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

“That vacancy is where a lot of the value for the project will be derived,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

It turns out that people in states with higher real rents and lower vacancy rates were significantly more likely to live with their parents.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 22, 2026

Adzuna also found competition among job seekers across all levels is rising, with an average of 2.14 job seekers per vacancy in July, up from 1.93 a year earlier.

From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026

In some mysterious way, from this horror of blank boundless vacancy the best of all things came into being.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

The court later ruled that three of those appointments were valid, while two were unconstitutional because the vacancies arose during the next parliamentary term.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

That will leave the council with two Black members out of 15 for the first time since 1963, not counting temporary vacancies, according to archivists in the City Clerk’s office.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

Holger Schmieding, chief economist at the bank Berenberg, predicted that EU leaders would try to fill the vacancies "as a package, no later than the EU summit of 17-18 December, and possibly beforehand".

From Barron's ● Oct. 29, 2026

When the pandemic started, high levels of staff vacancies and turnover in the social care sector meant that the workforce was "fragile and lacking resilience".

From BBC ● Oct. 20, 2026

The vacancies have been filled and the sacks of straw in the huts are already booked.

From "All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel" by Erich Maria Remarque


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