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Recent Examples of vacancies
There are currently 217 republicans, 212 democrats, one independent and five vacancies in the House.
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Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
The goal is to have no vacancies at any of the Elevate schools.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Last week, there were reports in at least three other counties — Brevard, Leon and Palm Beach — that 2026 court elections were being canceled as resignations and retirements of circuit court judges, right before the qualifying period, created vacancies that mandate gubernatorial appointments.
—Norine Dworkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
The plan also reduced senior services, after-school programming, leaving four Police Department vacancies empty, and putting off replacing two patrol cars.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Additionally, Davids requested data on current staff vacancies at NWS field offices in Pleasant Hill, Topeka, Wichita, Springfield, Dodge City, Goodland and Hastings.
—Matthew Kelly
april 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
According to LoopNet, an online property listing site, a nearby shopping center on Sunrise Boulevard between Trinity River Drive and Coloma Road has eight vacancies ranging from 980 square feet to nearly 22,000 square feet.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Currently the Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans have vacancies.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
While board members agreed to eliminate the positions of dozens of teachers who are not based at specific schools, Hepburn said there’s so much turnover among teaching staff that they should easily get placed in schools to fill vacancies and are at low risk for being laid off.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026
The goal is to have no vacancies at any of the Elevate schools.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
Last week, there were reports in at least three other counties — Brevard, Leon and Palm Beach — that 2026 court elections were being canceled as resignations and retirements of circuit court judges, right before the qualifying period, created vacancies that mandate gubernatorial appointments.
—Norine Dworkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2026
The plan also reduced senior services, after-school programming, leaving four Police Department vacancies empty, and putting off replacing two patrol cars.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 27 Apr. 2026
Additionally, Davids requested data on current staff vacancies at NWS field offices in Pleasant Hill, Topeka, Wichita, Springfield, Dodge City, Goodland and Hastings.
—Matthew Kelly
april 22, Kansas City Star, 22 Apr. 2026
According to LoopNet, an online property listing site, a nearby shopping center on Sunrise Boulevard between Trinity River Drive and Coloma Road has eight vacancies ranging from 980 square feet to nearly 22,000 square feet.
—Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 22 Apr. 2026
Currently the Milwaukee Bucks and New Orleans Pelicans have vacancies.
—Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
While board members agreed to eliminate the positions of dozens of teachers who are not based at specific schools, Hepburn said there’s so much turnover among teaching staff that they should easily get placed in schools to fill vacancies and are at low risk for being laid off.
—Scott Travis, Sun Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for vacancies
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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
Noun
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Ground covers can suppress weeds, protect topsoil from erosion and drought, and fill empty gaps between stepping stones, pavers, and barren ground.—
SJ McShane,
Martha Stewart,
1 May 2026
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To reduce gaps in funding and improve reserve levels long-term, the city manager will present options to consider at upcoming budget study sessions, which are open to the public.—
Mona Darwish,
Oc Register,
1 May 2026
Noun
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That is, however, an issue because the merger and feeding processes that allow black holes to reach masses of millions of billions of times that of the sun should take at least 1 billion years to reach fruition.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
27 Apr. 2026
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These jets can help scientists better understand how black holes help shape galaxies and other cosmic structures through large-scale shocks and turbulence.—
Marcia Dunn,
Los Angeles Times,
20 Apr. 2026
Noun
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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
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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
Noun
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Is this a biting farce about the vacuities of celebrity industry?—
Richard Lawson,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Jan. 2026
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“Vacancies.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacancies. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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