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 on the Web The algebraic black hole calculation more rigorously reinforces another message from Hawking and Bekenstein’s work: Entropy increases in proportion to the black hole’s growing surface area. Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2024 And black holes, the researchers say, are a prime example of the properties of dark matter. Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 17 Sep. 2024 The James Webb Space Telescope has spent three years observing remote galaxies, black holes and distant planets, but its latest discovery was a little bit closer to home. Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2024 But what if the two ostensibly opposing forces collapsed into each other, forming a sort of black hole? Laura Miller, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for black hole 
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Noun
  • Downtown, total office vacancy hit 25% in the third quarter.
    Kate Murphy, Axios, 24 Oct. 2024
  • Rising vacancies would in turn force landlords to slash rents.
    Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 24 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Decisions by the Trump Administration to exit or diminish partnerships and alliances left a void in global leadership, long filled by the U.S., allowing China to quickly step in.
    Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, TIME, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The closure came as a shock to many and left a void in baseball programming in the North End, Frogtown, Hamline-Midway, Como and St. Anthony Park neighborhoods.
    Maddie Robinson, Twin Cities, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Waite looked every day for six weeks, drawing a complete blank.
    CNN.com, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Limestone corridors and original cell doors set the stage; natural linens and soft lighting fill in the blanks.
    Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024

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