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as in hunger
a need or desire for food
the emptiness that usually sets in about three o'clock in the afternoon
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2
as in void
empty space
there in the vast emptiness of the desert was a long-abandoned jeep
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3
as in vacancy
the quality or state of being empty
the emptiness of the interior of the isolated house just made it seem all the more eerie
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for emptiness
Noun
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Millions of children across the globe will suffer from hunger and disease because Trump would rather see tons of food from American farmers rot on the docks than shipped to where they are desperately needed.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
18 Mar. 2025 -
The New York Times visited five new data center campuses in California, Utah, Texas and Oklahoma and spoke with more than 50 executives, engineers, entrepreneurs and electricians to tell the story of the tech industry’s insatiable hunger for this new kind of computing.—
Cade Metz,
New York Times,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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This void has to be filled because there's so much anger, anger not just in red districts, but also in blue districts.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
23 Mar. 2025
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The club will use Freeman and fellow utilityman Kyle Farmer to fill the void.—
Daniel R. Epstein,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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The three old friends got to talking and just like that, a recommendation to fill his caddie vacancy was made.—
Mike Dojc,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
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Although this initiative is still in its early stages, Polis reported that vacancies are down for state jobs.—
Aman Kidwai,
Newsweek,
13 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Harper developed a fever and began complaining of stomach pain.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
19 Mar. 2025
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Digestive issues Some people experience bloating, constipation, or stomach discomfort due to consuming large meals in a short time.9 Eating too quickly or too much in one sitting can be hard on digestion.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
19 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At this age, kids can make their own beds, vacuum and sweep floors, take out the trash, and fold and put away laundry.—
Beth Ann Mayer,
Parents,
13 Mar. 2025
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The technology has improved by leaps and bounds in the past two decades, and vacuums come in all shapes and sizes.—
Molly Higgins,
WIRED,
12 Mar. 2025
Noun
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At the same time, the same White House’s chaotic trade policy is undermining financial markets’ appetite for risk, leaving bitcoin in limbo, more than 20% off from its record high in January.—
Allison Morrow,
CNN,
20 Mar. 2025
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In their effort to mimic real meat, these companies have left consumers perplexed and without appetite.—
Clara Ludmir,
Forbes,
20 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The number of shooters helped to ensure one of the bullets was fatal, although one firearm was also fed a blank so that each shooter was uncertain who was directly responsible for the death, officials said.—
Erik Ortiz,
NBC News,
2 Mar. 2025
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The blank at Tottenham Hotspur was their 10th failure to score in 25 league games.—
Laurie Whitwell,
The Athletic,
16 Feb. 2025
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Detectives alleged that the man had been held in captivity for over 20 years, enduring prolonged abuse, starvation, severe neglect and inhumane treatment, Bessette said.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
12 Mar. 2025
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William and his assistants were nonetheless able to build solid pillars of data, mass death broken down into discrete numerals to represent sexes, ages, locations, seasons, years, and causes of mortality, which included starvation, scurvy, dysentery, cholera, typhus, and relapsing fever.—
Fintan O'Toole,
The New Yorker,
10 Mar. 2025
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“Emptiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptiness. Accessed 26 Mar. 2025.
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