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vacant

[vey-kuhnt] / ˈveɪ kənt /




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That means making sure that vacant directorship positions are filled by qualified experts, the review panels necessary to award grants aren’t disbanded, and staffing is sufficient to meet the scientific and operational demand.

From Barron's • May 5, 2026

Seeing that bicycle shops were doing well, he found a vacant storefront on Whittier Boulevard a block east of the Sixth Street Bridge and opened shop in July of 2020.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

A couple of hours before we meet Noah Kahan in a vacant suite of his fancy West End hotel, he posts a video of a new song, called Porchlight.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 2026

The two men wondered aloud what thousands of new submarine builders would mean for Thames Street, once a bustling downtown and now a row of vacant storefronts.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026

For at the start and for several decades thereafter, it remained a vast and nearly vacant plot of ground.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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