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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

Chen, the vacuum factory manager, said he was "still worried" about surging shipping costs should the Iran war drag on.

From Barron's • May 6, 2026

Based on the laws of physics, if our pendulum was placed in a vacuum, it would never stop swinging, back and forth, back and forth.

From "The Science of Breakable Things" by Tae Keller




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