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Recent Examples of blanks
Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Minted gold bars Minted gold bars are made from refined gold that’s rolled into thin strips, cut into blanks and stamped with a high-pressure press.
—Jessica Walrack, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
After Suno spit out the concept, a collection of world-class musicians including string players and a drummer recorded the musical bits to fill in the blanks and add a more personalized human touch.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
On Thursday, boat security personnel will fire machine guns using blanks, which are pretty loud, Smith said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
Deputies recovered the handgun, which was later determined to be a weapon that fired blanks, the sheriff's department said.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Williams turns out to be the film’s star player, filling in the blanks of London’s short, sad life, and his powers of perception lead the film to its extraordinary conclusion, smoking out a killer who was hiding in plain sight at every step of the way.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
And then Kittle helped fill in the blanks.
—Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Besides shuffling tiles and deciding whether to play with blanks or not, the trio is hoping the studio becomes a place to unwind, grow stronger friendships and meet some new people along the way.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2026
Noun
But the lead genealogist on Joan Nathan’s case, Moriah Amit, found additional information and documents that filled in some blanks on the Bernheim family, and helped fit the family into that tragic part of German-Jewish history.
—Jackie Hajdenberg, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Minted gold bars Minted gold bars are made from refined gold that’s rolled into thin strips, cut into blanks and stamped with a high-pressure press.
—Jessica Walrack, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2026
After Suno spit out the concept, a collection of world-class musicians including string players and a drummer recorded the musical bits to fill in the blanks and add a more personalized human touch.
—Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2026
On Thursday, boat security personnel will fire machine guns using blanks, which are pretty loud, Smith said.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 9 Apr. 2026
Deputies recovered the handgun, which was later determined to be a weapon that fired blanks, the sheriff's department said.
—Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 1 Apr. 2026
Williams turns out to be the film’s star player, filling in the blanks of London’s short, sad life, and his powers of perception lead the film to its extraordinary conclusion, smoking out a killer who was hiding in plain sight at every step of the way.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Mar. 2026
And then Kittle helped fill in the blanks.
—Noah Furtado, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Mar. 2026
Besides shuffling tiles and deciding whether to play with blanks or not, the trio is hoping the studio becomes a place to unwind, grow stronger friendships and meet some new people along the way.
—Charlotte Observer, 1 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks
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The rise of perfume bottles as cultural artifacts suggests that fragrance is entering a new phase — one in which its physical forms are finally being recognized as part of design history.—
Sudhir Gupta,
Rolling Stone,
27 Apr. 2026
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In 2018, an international research group from Europe and Japan created an ambitious computer simulation of the dynamics of water molecules that aimed to predict undiscovered forms of ice.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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There are currently 217 republicans, 212 democrats, one independent and five vacancies in the House.—
Alexa Herrera,
CBS News,
28 Apr. 2026
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The goal is to have no vacancies at any of the Elevate schools.—
Lina Ruiz,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
28 Apr. 2026
Verb
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That information will be sent off every time the satellite passes over Cincinnati.—
Grace Tucker,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
30 Mar. 2026
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Doubs is seven years younger, should be a little cheaper and is already well-versed in the Shanahan offense, especially catching passes over the crowded middle.—
Matt Barrows,
New York Times,
6 Mar. 2026
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The documents go on to say that after Dukes was arrested and placed into a Chicago youth facility at 15 years old, he was signed to Warner Records.—
Tess Kenny,
Chicago Tribune,
29 Apr. 2026
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And with the expansion, Our Lady wants to increase capacity from 262 people to 450, according to the church’s town hall documents from February.—
Desiree Mathurin
April 28,
Charlotte Observer,
28 Apr. 2026
Noun
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The claim, remember, is that these cosmic voids are completely empty of normal matter, dark matter, and emit no detectable radiation of any kind.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
26 Mar. 2026
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Schoen used void years sparingly early in his tenure, but the Giants are one of the few teams currently with no contracts containing voids.—
Dan Duggan,
New York Times,
3 Mar. 2026
Verb
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The notion that Related is a rapacious developer being handed a giveaway ignores the history.—
Peter Peyser,
New York Daily News,
26 Apr. 2026
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The authors take aim at TRIPS and TRIPS-Plus agreements by stressing the dangers of a colonialism of information that ignores individual countries’ political and economic circumstances.—
Encyclopedia Britannica,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
24 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Murphy sorted through a few papers and pulled out a white sheet featuring a grid with boxes highlighted green, yellow or red.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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The focal point of Monday's case is the Fourth Amendment's ban on unreasonable searches of people, their homes, papers, and effects, unless police obtain a warrant issued by a neutral magistrate, and aimed at obtaining specific evidence of a crime.—
Nina Totenberg,
NPR,
27 Apr. 2026
Noun
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In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.—
Clare Bucknell,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Policymakers, especially here in Tokyo, would be wise to accept more foreign workers to plug labor gaps, but that’s not a durable answer on its own.—
Catherine Thorbecke,
Twin Cities,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Blanks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blanks. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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