vacancy
noun
va·can·cy
ˈvā-kən(t)-sē 
plural vacancies
1
: a vacant office, post, or tenancy
2
a
: a vacating of an office, post, or piece of property
b
: the time such office or property is vacant
3
: physical or mental inactivity or relaxation : idleness
4
: empty space : void
specifically
: an unoccupied site for an atom or ion in a crystal
5
: the state of being vacant : vacuity
6
archaic
: an interval of leisure
Examples of vacancy in a Sentence
School administrators are trying to fill vacancies before the beginning of the school year.
There were no vacancies at the hotel.
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Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 7 Apr. 2025
The storms come after the Trump administration cut jobs at NWS forecast offices, leaving half of them with vacancy rates of about 20%, or double the level of a decade ago.
—CBS News, 7 Apr. 2025
The storms come after the Trump administration has cut jobs at weather service forecast offices, leaving half of them with vacancy rates of about 20%, or double the level of a decade ago.
—Arkansas Online, 7 Apr. 2025
The storms come after the Trump administration has cut jobs at National Weather Service forecast offices, leaving half of them with vacancy rates of about 20%, or double the level of a decade ago.
—Kimberlee Kruesi and Anthony Izaguirre, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2025
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“Vacancy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vacancy. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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vacancy
noun
va·can·cy
ˈvā-kən-sē
plural vacancies
1
: something (as an office or hotel room) that is vacant
2
: empty space
3
: the state of being vacant
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