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vacant

[vey-kuhnt] / ˈveɪ kənt /




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Wilson said the department currently has 200 vacant positions, plus an additional 100 officers who are in training, or at the academy, and unavailable for service.

From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026

Our earlier reporting found thousands of retirement flats across England and Wales were vacant.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

She’s convincingly vacant and content as Zosia, a woman brainwashed by an alien virus.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

The rest has come from commercial, multifamily, vacant and mixed-use properties.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026

For a long time, I wandered aimlessly—past ruined parks, blasted statuary, vacant lots overgrown with weeds and collapsed apartment houses with rusted girders poking out of their sides like ribs.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt




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