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• The atoms are placed in a vacuum and are in free fall due to gravity.
  — Dhananjay Khadilkar, Ars Technica, 16 Dec. 2022
• After all, cats do not fall to the ground in a vacuum but move through air that can slow their fall.
  — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 24 July 2023
• The work that happens in the Skid Row neighborhood is not in a vacuum.
  — Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 24 May 2024
• But the question is asked in a vacuum, with no context.
  — Maria Cardona, Sun Sentinel, 30 June 2024
• But Squid Game: The Challenge does not exist in a vacuum.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Nov. 2023
• And these challenges, of course, do not exist in a vacuum.
  — Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 1 June 2023
• On intra-Africa trade and travel: Trade is not done in a vacuum.
  — Ciku Kimeria, Quartz, 18 Nov. 2022
• Yousaf doesn’t see his achievement in a vacuum, though.
  — TIME, 5 Oct. 2023
• The olives are cold-pressed in a vacuum for maximum freshness.
  — Elyse Inamine, Bon Appétit, 24 Aug. 2022
• Note-taking, after all, does not take place in a vacuum.
  — Casey Newton, The Verge, 25 Aug. 2023
• Gone are the days when a handful of ad executives sat in a room and developed ideas in a vacuum.
  — Partner Content, Variety, 13 Aug. 2024
• The former president didn’t make such a bald-faced statement in a vacuum.
  — Orion Rummler, Them, 13 Sep. 2024
• The product is cooked in a vacuum oven for a long time, which helps reduce the risk of contamination by mildew or mold.
  — Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
• Particles can move through those substances quicker than that (though not faster than speed of light in a vacuum).
  — Rahul Rao, Popular Science, 29 June 2023
• Bromwich noted they are also not carried out in a vacuum.
  — Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 2 Nov. 2024
• Divergent price and unit trends don’t exist in a vacuum.
  — Errol Schweizer, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024
• The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is not taking place in a vacuum.
  — Andriy Zagorodnyuk, Foreign Affairs, 21 May 2024
• This marks the first time this extraction has been done in a vacuum environment.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 26 Apr. 2023
• By the time the Dragon's cabin was in a vacuum, the pressure inside the astronauts's suits was about 5 psi, which is slightly less than the summit of Mount Everest.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
• Suárez is a better pitcher than Syndergaard in a vacuum, but Houston presents a tough matchup.
  — Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2022
• So if the addition of a HEPA filter in a vacuum makes for more breathable air, why not try one out when shopping for a new vacuum?
  — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Nov. 2023
• The Astros were never going to wade into the pool of nine-figure deals, even if a seismic move for a center fielder made some sense in a vacuum.
  — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 19 Dec. 2022
• But Meta’s decision about Trump doesn’t exist in a vacuum.
  — Time, 13 Jan. 2023
• But the central bank doesn’t operate in a vacuum, either.
  — Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• These moves don’t occur in a vacuum and transfer recruiting differs quite a bit from the dynamic with high school prospects.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 15 Aug. 2022
• The capital markets do not exist in a vacuum apart from the planet and society.
  — Robert G. Eccles, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2023
• The bottom line, Borniger said, is that tumors are not floating in a vacuum, but integrated into the body's systems.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 20 Apr. 2023
• The Court’s recent decisions didn’t happen in a vacuum.
  — Marin Cogan, Vox, 5 Aug. 2024
• If the strict viewpoints on the school’s grounds deepens your understanding via limitations, these vignettes expand things to remind you that Nickel does not exist in a vacuum, nor does the past ever stay solely in the past.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Dec. 2024
• What’s unknown: Businesses don’t operate in a vacuum, so if operations dwindle or grind to a halt without their workers, that will ripple through to other firms.
  — Alicia Wallace, CNN, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Jan 2025