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vacuum

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


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"As Unifil's mandate is about to expire, the Security Council must make a responsible decision to ensure the continued UN presence in Lebanon, and to prevent a security vacuum," said Fu Cong, China's UN envoy.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

Each state, each woman seemed to operate in a vacuum.

From Salon • May 27, 2026

Blinkit now offers the option to order an ambulance in some locations—seeking to fill a vacuum in a country where people can’t count on public ambulances to arrive in time.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 23, 2026

Using those simulations, the team predicted how gravitational waves would appear if black holes merged inside a dense dark matter environment rather than in a vacuum.

From Science Daily • May 19, 2026

In theory, scientists can get energy from the Casimir effect even at absolute zero in the bleakest part of the vacuum of space.

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




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