vacancy
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This summer, more than 1,300 applicants scrambled to fill a rare vacancy created when one of the quiz show’s eight full-time clue writers retired after 30 years.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Locate the policy, confirm it is active, notify the insurer, update the named insured and check those vacancy rules, it adds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 13, 2026
He is slated to bat at six, filling a middle-order vacancy created by Stokes' retirement, but is far from a like-for-like replacement for the former captain.
From BBC ● Aug. 6, 2026
The purchase comes as the office vacancy rate in downtown Long Beach reaches an all-time high of 35%, according to data from the Downtown Long Beach Alliance.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
‘If the next vacancy happens to be Siberia,’ he said, ‘you’ll have to take it.’
From "Boy: Tales of a Childhood" by Roald Dahl
Also, four years ago "businesses were hiring aggressively, vacancies were at record highs, and more people were moving jobs than normal", Harvey said, as the economy rebooted following Covid.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
During the offseason, several teams interviewed Scheelhaase for head coaching vacancies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
The slowing flow of immigration is leaving home-care agencies, restaurants, and local governments racing to fill critical vacancies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Increasing their salaries would help fill the 1,600 vacancies the city currently has for the role and lower education costs in the long run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
The charm of an object to occupy the many vacancies of Harriet’s mind was not to be talked away.
From "Emma" by Jane Austen
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Vocabulary from the Constitution of the United States
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The 25th Amendment (1967)
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