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vacuum

[vak-yoom, -yoo-uhm, -yuhm] / ˈvæk yum, -yu əm, -yəm /


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A leadership vacuum, mounting financial losses, airspace closures and a Middle Eastern fuel shock have put the carrier's ambitious turnaround into question.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

Space is cold, but it is a vacuum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Islamic State has a presence in Mali and will seek to exploit a power vacuum.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

The test took place inside JPL's Electric Propulsion Lab, which houses a specialized vacuum chamber designed to safely evaluate engines that use metal vapor propellants at extremely high power levels.

From Science Daily • May 6, 2026

Just as the nothingness of the vacuum and the zero- point energy spawn particles, they might spawn universes.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife




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