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empty

[emp-tee] / ˈɛmp ti /






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Empty apartments with the boxes still stacked against the wall.

From Salon • Jun. 30, 2026

Empty plastic bottles pile up on the kerbs of its potholed streets.

From Barron's • May 20, 2026

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

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

“Right. Empty your brain. Clean it out. Think of nothing. Now go back and try a few more.”

From "The Million Dollar Shot" by Dan Gutman




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