black hole
noun
1
: a celestial object that has a gravitational field so strong that light cannot escape it and that is believed to be created especially in the collapse of a very massive star
2
: something resembling a black hole: such as
a
: something that consumes a resource continually
a financial black hole
b
: an empty space : void
… the archives of the past few years are a black hole.—
David Herman
David Herman
c
: a dark and seemingly inescapable state or situation
the black hole of depression
Examples of black hole in a Sentence
discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic
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With even more time, even all macroscopic objects evaporate through quantum tunneling, and black holes shrink due to the emission of Hawking radiation.
—Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
Little red dots aren't bright in X-ray light, which would normally be seen from black holes.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
Though this white dwarf is virtually at the point of no return in terms of its proximity to the supermassive black hole, the MIT team doesn't think that this dead star will fall into the black hole anytime soon.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
First, the Raiders are irrelevant in the AFC West, the black hole an apt description of their status, not their once-proud homefield advantage.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2025
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Paul Sutter, Ars Technica, 14 Jan. 2025
Little red dots aren't bright in X-ray light, which would normally be seen from black holes.
—Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 14 Jan. 2025
Though this white dwarf is virtually at the point of no return in terms of its proximity to the supermassive black hole, the MIT team doesn't think that this dead star will fall into the black hole anytime soon.
—Robert Lea, Space.com, 13 Jan. 2025
First, the Raiders are irrelevant in the AFC West, the black hole an apt description of their status, not their once-proud homefield advantage.
—Troy Renck, The Denver Post, 11 Jan. 2025
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“Black hole.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/black%20hole. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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