How to Use vacancy in a Sentence

vacancy

noun
  • There were no vacancies at the hotel.
  • School administrators are trying to fill vacancies before the beginning of the school year.
  • This left a vacancy at the top.
    — Kansas City Star, 30 May 2026
  • Once vacancy rates start to fall, rent prices will go up.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Thus, the aye-aye evolved to fill that vacancy.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
  • In fact, vacancy rates are near record lows, not record highs.
    — Chris Isidore, CNN, 27 Oct. 2021
  • This forced him to take the vacancy in Knoxville.
    — Tyler Small, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
  • That leaves a vacancy for a little while.
    — Dana Taylor, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Sometimes a ship doesn’t sail, or there are last-minute vacancies that must be filled.
    — Scott McMurren, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • My efforts there would end in vacancy.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Jan. 2026
  • And Donovan is one of the top prospects to fill the vacancy.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But Democrats are then going to have a new vacancy of their own next month.
    — Carl Hulse, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2024
  • That low turnover helped keep vacancies tight, at 5% of supply.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 11 Oct. 2025
  • So what’s behind all of these vacancies?
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • That left a kicking vacancy that York hopes to fill.
    — Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The more recent a post, the more likely the vacancy hasn’t been filled yet.
    — Chelsea Tobin, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
  • One name to watch for the Cowboys’ new vacancy?
    — Sportsday Staff, Dallas Morning News, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The vacancy rates for both rentals and for-sale housing has increased.
    — Desiree Mathurin, Charlotte Observer, 30 Oct. 2025
  • San Diego’s lab vacancy rate is sitting near all-time highs.
    — Noelle Harff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Apr. 2026
  • To be clear, while vacancies are growing in strip malls, the rents are still rising.
    — Kevin Williams, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Seven vacancies will be kept open.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • The goal is to have no vacancies at any of the Elevate schools.
    — Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Any vacancy in his seat would be filled by a special election called by Walz.
    — Briana Bierschbach, Star Tribune, 18 July 2021
  • The date for when that vacancy will begin is to be determined.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2022
  • John has already been linked to any number of head coaching vacancies around the league.
    — Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 8 Jan. 2026
  • There has been at least one vacancy on the board for Biden’s entire time in office.
    — Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
  • With few vacancies and sky-high rents, Thorpe cannot afford to move.
    — Gustavo Rivera, New York Daily News, 10 Mar. 2026
  • From there, council would proceed with the normal process to fill a vacancy.
    — Nick Sullivan, Charlotte Observer, 6 Sep. 2025
  • The number of vacancies is 18 higher than at this time last year.
    — Matt Hubbard, Baltimore Sun, 2 Aug. 2024
  • Senate Democrats promised to move quickly to fill the vacancy.
    — Shalom Goodman, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2022

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