How to Use vacancy in a Sentence

vacancy

noun
  • There were no vacancies at the hotel.
  • School administrators are trying to fill vacancies before the beginning of the school year.
  • That would place the deadline to fill the vacancy at Aug. 27.
    Ed Wittenberg, cleveland, 4 Aug. 2022
  • At the end of last year, warehouse vacancy rates stood at a low 3.2%.
    Milton Ezrati, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Note: There are four vacancies in the House as of Friday.
    Kevin Uhrmacher, Washington Post, 14 June 2024
  • The problem with this plan is that there is no vacancy.
    Leonard Greene, Orlando Sentinel, 23 Nov. 2024
  • But Democrats are then going to have a new vacancy of their own next month.
    Carl Hulse, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • Sometimes a ship doesn’t sail, or there are last-minute vacancies that must be filled.
    Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Office vacancies in North Texas are at a more than 20-year high.
    Steve Brown, Dallas News, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The number of vacancies is 18 higher than at this time last year.
    Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The vacancy rate for staff who care for residents has grown.
    Ben Botkin, oregonlive, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Bolick was appointed to the seat in 2023 to fill a vacancy and is running for a full term.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 5 Nov. 2024
  • So many Gen Zers have made the move to the Big Apple that the city saw its lowest vacancy rate and biggest housing crunch in the past 50 years.
    Sydney Lake, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2024
  • The appointment comes after the city failed at its third attempt to fill the vacancy.
    Alex Hulvalchick, Chicago Tribune, 16 Aug. 2022
  • The board settled into factions, and couldn’t break its 3-3 tie to appoint a new trustee to fill a vacancy.
    Henry Krausse, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Mar. 2023
  • The guys also talk Dwayne Casey's move to the front office and the potential candidates to fill the head coach vacancy.
    Kirkland Crawford, Detroit Free Press, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Rents are rising statewide, and apartment vacancy rates are among the lowest in the country.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 6 Jan. 2023
  • When a school board vacancy arises, by state law, the local school board may send my office up to three names.
    Nick Sullivan, The Arizona Republic, 10 July 2024
  • His name had been on a secret list that McCarthy provided to the clerk in January in the event of a vacancy.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • For the first time in over two years, vacancies didn’t rise during the second quarter, holding steady at 7.8%.
    Paulina Likos, CNBC, 18 Oct. 2024
  • As a sign that past promotions worked, Johnson said the business park has a vacancy rate of 1%.
    Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 17 Oct. 2022
  • There are more than 1,300 teacher vacancies, the district added.
    Jenny Vrentas, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Meanwhile, a vacancy for the Fed’s No. 2 job could tee up a testy confirmation fight in the Senate.
    Rachel Siegel, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2023
  • In 2023, there were two million more vacancies than there were workers.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 7 Mar. 2024
  • Campbell has been linked to numerous vacancies in the past but seems content in Ames.
    Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2024
  • The vacancy rate for the part-time positions is nearly 56 percent.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Rising vacancies would in turn force landlords to slash rents.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
  • And New York officials would have 10 days to schedule a special election to fill the vacancy.
    Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In various cities and states, vacancies on road crews meant cracks and potholes took longer to fix than many motorists might like.
    David A. Lieb, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023
  • But the Constitution also allows the president to fill vacancies that occur while the Senate is in recess.
    Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 20 Nov. 2024

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