1
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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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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Noun
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In recent research on child poverty, economists have shown that nutrition assistance programs not only reduce hunger, addressing humanitarian concerns, but also improve children’s long-term health and economic self-sufficiency, addressing fiscal concerns.—
Andrew V. Papachristos,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Apr. 2025 -
There’s a great hunger on the part of many American conservatives, including conservative Christians, for disruption.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
1 Apr. 2025
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Mom-and-pop bagel shops such as Moe’s in Aventura do their best to fill the void.—
Miami Herald Archives,
Miami Herald,
4 Apr. 2025
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New free services and communities have cropped up to fill the void, including Travel Ladies, an app that caters to solo female adventurers.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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Related Articles With only a 3 percent vacancy rate on the Champs-Élysées, brands are fighting for space but using valuable square footage on storing stock.—
Rhonda Richford,
Footwear News,
7 Apr. 2025
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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,
CBS News,
7 Apr. 2025
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Wiggins missed one game due to a stomach illness, five games due to a sprained right ankle, two games due to a left lower leg contusion and six straight games due to a recent hamstring issue.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
10 Apr. 2025
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People of any age with a blockage in the stomach or intestines Anyone who is allergic to tenapanor or any ingredient in Ibsrela Summary Ibsrela is a medication used to treat IBS-C. Common side effects include diarrhea, bloating, gas, and dizziness.—
Femi Aremu,
Verywell Health,
8 Apr. 2025
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The shielding technology was tested in vacuum chambers, where it was used to remove lunar dust samples brought home by NASA's Apollo missions.—
Julian Dossett,
Space.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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With 22,000Pa, the Saros 10 has slightly more vacuum suction power than the Saros 10R (20,000Pa) and leads the field overall for this spec, besting the Qrevo Curv (18,500Pa) and the Ecovacs Deebot X8 Pro Omni (18,000Pa).—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
2 Apr. 2025
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His appetite for changing the status quo in his profession went that far back.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Apr. 2025
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What has changed is the investment appetite in the near term.—
Rob Day,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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The vastness of framed white space and the comparatively minuscule labels arrest the viewer, requiring them to crane their neck, to move back and forth or close to the frame in order to read from part to part to whole while also weighing the blanks.—
Mara Mills,
Artforum,
1 Apr. 2025
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Butthole Surfers‘ Gibby Haynes brought a shotgun, loaded with blanks, on stage.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
30 Mar. 2025
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The brothers of an 18-year-old who police say died of starvation and dehydration while strapped to a bed have been arrested, according to news outlets.—
Rhiannon Saegert,
Kansas City Star,
4 Apr. 2025
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The Associated Press reported that Zinna likely died of dehydration and starvation after Arakawa died.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
2 Apr. 2025
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“Emptiness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/emptiness. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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