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[void] / vɔɪd /








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"His silence gives a lot more agency to these other members, and whenever there's a void, markets will fill it with the commentary from these other monetary policymakers," he said.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

“We have some case law which says they can void a real-estate transaction if it’s done for the purpose of avoiding recovery. But this was an expansion beyond that,” Rowan said.

From MarketWatch Aug. 25, 2026

Ms. Lichty’s awkward performance leaves a void at the play’s center, true, but even the actors of note, fine as they are, cannot bring unwritten depths to their shallow characters.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 20, 2026

"No words can truly express the pain we are experiencing or the void his passing has left in our lives."

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

The whole Greek universe rested upon this pillar: there is no void.

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

Lima Construction identified that the four window voids posed a risk to those working on the scaffolding platform.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Another artist who uses unusual displays for his work is Ben Cowan, who handcrafts and casts his surfaces, creating sculptural frames with voids reminiscent of elements from Gothic architecture.

From The Wall Street Journal May 14, 2026

He comforted terrified survivors and filled critical information voids by sending continual updates to friends and neighbors as firefighters fought the blaze.

From Los Angeles Times May 5, 2026

And he said the focus on its store brands would “allow us to go faster and fill in voids our national partners don’t have visibility to.”

From MarketWatch Mar. 11, 2026

Knots of dense galaxies are separated by vast voids.

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

Ballmer also could be penalized and Leonard’s contract could be voided.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 7, 2026

The punishment was forfeiture of all wins in the 2024 season, which voided the team’s playoff eligibility, and a playoff ban the following year—the “death penalty,” the school lawyer called it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Before the 1970s, courts were extremely skeptical of the uneven bargaining power and information between the government and defendant, and voided plea bargains, if they even had to consider them at all.

From Slate Jun. 18, 2026

Sienna's aunt Jessica Gill realised the insurance would be an issue, and said GreatCover insurance told them it had been voided for travelling because of Sienna's diagnosis, but she was still insured for cancellation.

From BBC Apr. 28, 2026

But the foul creatures hadn’t finished yet; holding their beautiful wings high, they squatted among the devastation and voided their bowels.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Moeller-Maersk after Panama seized its port assets, following a court voiding its port contracts.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 8, 2026

Tesla shareholders initially voted to give Musk the stock options in 2018, with a Delaware judge voiding the award in early 2024, citing inadequate shareholder disclosures.

From Barron's Dec. 20, 2025

They discovered that both increase of bladder pressure and sphincter muscle bursting activity associated with bladder emptying both stopped when PMCESR1+ cell activity was blocked during an ongoing voiding even.

From Science Daily Dec. 3, 2024

The competition took place Aug. 5 and the CAS upheld the Romanian petition Saturday, voiding the inquiry that gave Chiles an additional one-tenth in difficulty value that pushed her from fifth to third place.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 12, 2024

He says that no one will call the action of the spider instinctive in voiding the fluids from its glands when they are too full. 

From Unconscious Memory by Samuel Butler




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