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vacancy
Part of speech: NounState of being empty; emptiness of mind; idleness: lack of mental power; empty space; an office or position open to applicants; a room or rooms offered for rent.
Usage examples "vacancy":- In September, 1845, another vacancy occurred; but in spite of Madame de Girardin's entreaties that Balzac should again come forward as a candidate, he refused decidedly, and wrote to Madame Hanska that in doing this he knew himself to be consulting her wishes. - "Honore de Balzac, His Life and Writings", Mary F. Sandars.
- He stood shrinking, with his hand clutching the white cloth spread over the table, and his eyes fixed on vacancy. - "The Man with a Shadow", George Manville Fenn.
- Her eyes, staring into vacancy, grew larger and intenser with each long, deep breath she took. - "The Deluge", David Graham Phillips.