as in emptiness
the quality or state of being empty
there's a melancholy air of vacantness that seems to hang over a beach town during the long lull of winter
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vacancy
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But vacancies are increasing across much of the prison system, corrections data show.—
Mario Koran,
jsonline.com,
12 July 2025 -
There are also questions about whether critical vacancies at the NWS could have affected emergency response if warnings didn’t make it to the right people.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
10 July 2025
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“Vacantness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/vacantness. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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