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vacuum

[vak-yoom, -yoo-uhm, -yuhm] / ˈvæk jum, -ju əm, -jəm /


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Information Minister Shadric Namalomba has denied that Mutharika's absence had created a leadership vacuum.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

The researchers placed a small crystal inside a vacuum chamber equipped for extremely low temperatures, called a cryostat.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

"None of these things can be taken in a vacuum," NDP Member of Parliament Heather McPherson told AFP.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

I only write one line because I can’t write in a vacuum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026

To physicists, vacuum has all particles and forces latent in it.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

It is an undeniable fact that with very high frequencies, provided the impulses be of harmonic nature, like those obtained from an alternator, there is less deterioration and the vacua are more permanent.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Thomas Commerford Martin

In Paris he left the world all full of matter; here he finds absolute vacua.

From The Approach to Philosophy by Ralph Barton Perry

The secondary currents are also always of the same sign, as are the currents in a Ruhmkorff coil, and as are the currents in high vacua with which Crookes has made us so familiar.

From Scientific American Supplement No. 822, October 3, 1891 by Various

In nearly all pumps for producing the high vacua necessary, e.g. for the electric glow-lamp and the X-ray tube, mercury is employed.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various

The composition of the gaseous residue present does not affect phosphorescence; thus, the earth yttria phosphoresces well in the residual vacua of atmospherical air, of oxygen, nitrogen, carbonic anhydride, hydrogen, iodine, sulphur and mercury.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891 by Various

On Thursday, workers in rubber pants roamed the water with vacuums that sucked up the algae in neat rows.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026

Superconducting circuits use metals cooled to near absolute zero; trapped ions are suspended in vacuums and manipulated by lasers.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Lithium-ion batteries have become exceedingly common amid a proliferation of chargeable electronics, including smartphones, laptops, headphones, e-cigarettes, vacuums and e-bikes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 6, 2026

Instead, what they reliably create is destruction, and destruction generates its own dynamics: rallying among the population, power vacuums, radicalization and cycles of retaliation.

From Salon ● Mar. 4, 2026

It is a subtle point: vacuums don’t suck; the atmosphere pushes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife

Later, it encountered a stray charging cord snaking across the ground as it vacuumed.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

A self-professed cleaning fanatic, she said she asked for a vacuum as a 16th birthday present and relishes the plush nap of a freshly vacuumed Porsche carpet.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 30, 2026

Any gases the probe encountered were vacuumed in and collected, then sealed in a canister.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 7, 2026

If it seems like many of the same series vacuumed up most of the nominations, this is partly why.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

She carefully dusted the photographs of my mother the first thing every morning, and then vacuumed the entire house.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

Moderate activities included brisk walking, doubles tennis, leisurely swimming, and household tasks such as cleaning windows, vacuuming, or mowing the lawn.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

For example, vacuuming an empty hallway is a simple task that can be automated with relatively little data.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

I left annoyed by the overall movie, yet haunted by a half-dozen of its images: Andie vacuuming the decoy house before the next shoot, a woman in the workplace handling an overlooked job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Google, OpenAI, and other AI companies are vacuuming up corporate data from both large public companies and small enterprises.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

“Before you get in the car, I want you to scrape your shoes. If I find dirt in my car, you’re going to be the ones vacuuming it.”

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby


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