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vacuum

[vak-yoom, -yoo-uhm, -yuhm] / ˈvæk yum, -yu əm, -yəm /


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Pasqal’s quantum systems use neutral atom technology, in which individual atoms are trapped and manipulated in a vacuum by laser beams.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Pasqal’s quantum systems use neutral atom technology, in which individual atoms are trapped and manipulated in a vacuum by laser beams.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Participants need a safeguard in this regulatory vacuum, and plan sponsors need a fiduciary firewall.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

But collective opinion is formed in a vacuum and spit out as gospel, and that’s not a fair way to approach movies.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2026

How could the vacuum, which has nothing in it, have any energy at all?

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