black holes

noun

plural of black hole
as in vacancies
empty space discovered that there was a black hole in the library's collection with regard to her topic

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Recent Examples of black holes That is because, despite having many times more mass than the sun, black holes are smaller than the sun with radii ranging from 6 miles to 190 miles (9 kilometers to 300 kilometers). — Robert Lea, Space.com, 8 Oct. 2026 Some of the most cataclysmic events in the cosmos, such as mergers of supermassive black holes, should produce a very specific gravitational wave signature, according to general relativity. — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 7 Oct. 2026 The Nobel committee said IceCube would take neutrino astronomy to a new level, providing information about cosmic phenomena that are hidden behind dust clouds and distant space objects such as black holes. — Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 6 Oct. 2026 PBHs could help resolve other enigmas, too, for instance by acting as seeds for the rapid growth of supermassive black holes in the early universe. — Jonathan O'Callaghan, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2026 Using data from powerful telescopes, the show will send you zooming through space with images of star clusters, black holes and much more. — Jennifer Day, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026 Contrary to what Stephen Hawking argued, black holes are not inescapable prisons. — Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026
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  1. vacancies
  2. blanks
  3. voids
  4. gaps
Noun
  • The district currently has seven vacancies among its firefighter-paramedic ranks, Snedeker noted.
    — Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Placer County voters will decide two ballot measures in November that could change how the county’s top administrator is removed from office and how vacancies on the Board of Supervisors are filled.
    — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of vacancies
Noun
  • With so few ancient samples of dodo DNA surviving—and that which does exist having degraded over the centuries—the analytic and number-crunching power of AI is just what’s needed to fill in the genetic blanks.
    — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The shoot involved firing blanks and igniting explosions, theatrics that shocked the film’s residential neighbors and spurred concerns over public safety.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of blanks
Noun
  • Scaling up Engineers discovered voids, or air pockets, between layers of carbon fiber that make up the domes’ composite structure.
    — Stephen Clark, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026
  • The goal was to produce a more uniform film with compact crystal grains and fewer voids and defects.
    — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of voids
Noun
  • The double-slit experiment, for example, is a classic setup where scientists send particles through two gaps in a screen and observe a resulting interference pattern, proving that the particles act as waves.
    — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Kyiv has since also reported gaps in intelligence sharing and restrictions on Elon Musk’s Starlink service, which is crucial for its drone missions, battlefield communications and air defense.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of gaps

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“Black holes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/black%20holes. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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