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[emp-tee] / ˈɛmp ti /






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Empty and decaying properties are not healthy for anyone, and how much does the impact of one retail market differ from a previous one in the exact same location?

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026

Empty seats earn nothing so airlines undercut one another into the grave if they had expanded too quickly or if there was an economic shock.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

“Intruders have set fires, burning holes in the floors and scorching wood wainscoting and pews. Empty beef jerky bags, discarded underwear and clumps of plaster litter the worn burgundy carpeting.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

Most of this year’s documentary nominees deal with the grimmest of tragedies, as in “All the Empty Rooms” and “Children No More: Were and Are Gone,” which address the remembrance of children brutally killed.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

Empty the fears that spring inside my head every time I think about leaving home.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na




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