black hole

as in emptiness
empty space discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic

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Recent Examples of black hole Scientists have long known that thunderstorms can produce gamma rays, extremely high-energy light that is more often associated with astrophysical phenomena, such as exploding stars and matter-devouring black holes. Lee Billings, Scientific American, 21 Oct. 2024 Stars, planets, and black holes are all usually found inside these bustling cosmic neighborhoods. Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 15 Oct. 2024 Additionally, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory, buried deep in the Antarctic ice, detects high-energy neutrinos from distant astrophysical sources, offering invaluable insights into the universe's most violent phenomena, such as black holes and neutron stars. Shelli Brunswick, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024 Enlarge / One of the jets emitted by galaxy M87's central black hole. John Timmer, Ars Technica, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for black hole 
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Noun
  • 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
  • McCoy said the district is trying to hire teachers to fill the vacancies, but the available pool of applicants either don’t have the necessary credentials or demand a higher rate of pay that the district cannot afford.
    Richard Requena, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • Fortunately, Carpenter was willing to fill the void and ended up making her festival headlining debut at the three-day event in August at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
    Randy McMullen, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, state and local election officials are trying to fill the void.
    Sam Sabin, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • The second line from the bottom should have a 4 in the first blank.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • There is no way to accurately assess LIHTC projects created since the credit’s creation in 1986; there are too many gaps and blanks in the giant spreadsheet to really know what has happed in those 38 years.
    Roger Valdez, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2024

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