vacuum

"There is a regulatory vacuum because Article 4 of the 1967 treaty only forbids weapons of mass destruction and nuclear weapons in orbit," said space law expert Laetitia Cesari.

From Barron's ● Sep. 15, 2026

Expectations do not get anchored in a vacuum.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Only weeks later, the administration announced a large influx of unusually cheap imported ground beef before publicly identifying all of its sources, leaving enough of an informational vacuum for unsupported horse-meat rumors to flourish online.

From Salon ● Sep. 13, 2026

A statuesque figure of death, trailing black fabric, sweeps up the casualties of war with the efficiency of a human vacuum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Moving forward, I felt—the strange, humming vacuum between here and there.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

Not even Sir William Crookes's vacua can give an idea of the rarefaction which this fact implies.

From A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century Fourth Edition by Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

The study of apparatus for obtaining more perfect vacua was unceasingly carried on, for Edison realized that in this there lay a potent factor of ultimate success.

From Edison, His Life and Inventions by Frank Lewis Dyer

Since then I have pushed the matter still farther, and have succeeded in obtaining with my apparatus vacua as high as 1/390,000,000 without finding that the limit of its action had been reached.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 303, October 22, 1881 by Various

Sir William Crookes took up in 1872 the study of electric discharge through 192 high vacua, having been led to it by his researches on the radiometer.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 2 "Ehud" to "Electroscope" by Various

There was the extremely important project for securing and sealing in really good vacua in various electronic devices brought up by Joe and his crew in the supply ship.

From Space Tug by Murray Leinster

On Thursday, workers in rubber pants roamed the water with vacuums that sucked up the algae in neat rows.

From Slate ● Jun. 19, 2026

Its Internet-of-Things and lifestyle products segment—which includes washing machines, vacuums and other appliances—was the worst performer.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 26, 2026

Superconducting circuits use metals cooled to near absolute zero; trapped ions are suspended in vacuums and manipulated by lasers.

From Barron's ● May 21, 2026

Kristi Noem was shown selling handheld vacuums on a home shopping network while Kash Patel and Pete Hegseth were hawking products on their own podcast.

From Salon ● May 17, 2026

Alma’s mother begins to whistle as she vacuums right beside where his face is resting, and then she turns off the vacuum with her foot.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

There is consensus in the AI world that the model builders have vacuumed in almost all possible data that one can find accessible online.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026

If it seems like many of the same series vacuumed up most of the nominations, this is partly why.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

Hilton, who had been about to watch his six-year-old son play a baseball game when he received a call, sprayed and vacuumed the bees away.

From BBC ● May 1, 2024

An hour after that, we had the tackless strip up, all the carpet pad staples removed and the floor was vacuumed clean.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 4, 2024

As Percy watched, the last particles of Titan essence from Hyperion and Krios were vacuumed into the warrior’s maw.

From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan

I left annoyed by the overall movie, yet haunted by a half-dozen of its images: Andie vacuuming the decoy house before the next shoot, a woman in the workplace handling an overlooked job.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026

Google, OpenAI, and other AI companies are vacuuming up corporate data from both large public companies and small enterprises.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

What they could’ve done instead: Opt for lighter colors that are more forgiving, or get used to sweeping or vacuuming your floors more often.

From MarketWatch ● Aug. 1, 2026

National Park Service crews dumped hydrogen peroxide into the water last week and then pieces of the new flooring started breaking loose as crews began vacuuming the pool floor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026

She leans down, kisses him on the forehead, and continues on with her vacuuming until she exits the room, still whistling the same tune.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley