- present participle of vacate.
vacating
Example Sentences
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Tenants who occupied the lower four floors are vacating, and a seismic upgrade will begin later this year.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2026
The judge stated that vacating the decision would allow parties to erase unfavorable rulings and hinder the accumulation of legal precedents.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
“What we’re seeing is, with the U.S. vacating the space, everyone else is kind of going back to where they were before we dragged them into this modality.”
From MarketWatch • Apr. 13, 2026
The U.S. is rapidly winding down its own military presence in the country, vacating the strategic Al Tanf base last week and handing it over to the government.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026
Craig, meanwhile, had enrolled at Princeton University, vacating his back-porch room on Euclid Avenue, leaving a six-foot-six, two-hundred-pound gap in our daily lives.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
