black hole

noun

Definition of black holenext
as in emptiness
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 hole The stellar core implodes into the black hole, and a GRB fueled by a vast amount of material from all around it is born. — Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Astronomers estimate that our home galaxy, the Milky Way, has churned out more than 10 million black holes over its 13-billion-year history. — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The absence of standardised testing further means that data is lost, which the report described as a data black hole. — William Jones, Miami Herald, 12 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for black hole
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black hole
  1. emptiness
  2. vacancy
  3. void
  4. blank
Noun
  • There is an emptiness left behind that cannot be filled, and there are so many of us who will never be quite the same without you.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Occasional moments of real, spontaneous joy emerge, and others reveal the crushing emptiness of lives going nowhere, but the script doesn’t lean too hard in either direction.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of emptiness
Noun
  • Electrons from outer shells then fell into those vacancies, releasing energy as X-rays.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Some facilities have experienced vacancy rates of medical staff of nearly 40%.
    — Jaquelyn Jahn, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of vacancy
Noun
  • There’s the convenience of e-commerce and the immediacy of retail — and entering into the void between is Instamall.
    — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 19 Oct. 2026
  • There’s clear demand from developers for routing services, and TrustedRouter could fill a void for the most privacy-obsessed among them.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of void
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
  • This comes at the same time state Republican party leaders are urging voters to rank Republicans on the ballot and leave the Democrats blank.
    — Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of blank

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