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black holes

noun

plural of black hole

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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 All the black holes observed in space are the products of natural processes and are very far away. — Stephen Dikerby, The Conversation, 29 June 2026 Because black holes emit no visible light, astronomers rely on indirect methods to find them. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 29 June 2026 The loudest crash of gravitational waves ever heard has offered us insight into event horizons, the boundaries beyond which nothing can escape the grips of black holes. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 26 June 2026 These include supernovae and other cataclysms, such as gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), some of which arise from colliding black holes or neutron stars and are among the most powerful explosions in the universe. — Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 July 2026

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The promotions could put them in line to fill vacancies on the seven-member commission, which has been reduced to two by the corruption investigations.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 July 2026
While headlines often focus on office vacancies or uncertainty in other property types, industrial space continues to benefit from strong underlying demand.

— Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 4 July 2026

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Opportunities to fill in the blanks Our research has also found that researchers may have options to work around government failures to collect and report this more detailed data.

— Mark Axelrod, The Conversation, 30 June 2026
As shown below though, those opportunities were not exactly gilt-edged as Turkey fired blanks in their first two matches.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 28 June 2026

Definition of blanks

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If these voids aren't filled with credible information, employees will interpret events themselves, often leading to rumors that may or may not be true.

— Benjamin Laker, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
Researchers found that the solar wind experiments created tiny voids within the mineral structure.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026

Definition of voids

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Casemiro was able to coast through performances against poor Haiti and Scotland sides in two of Brazil’s group stage games, but Morocco provided much sterner opposition that exposed some worrying gaps in midfield.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
The problem, inherent to the design, has always been the physical gaps between those individual boxes.

— Dave Brooks, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026

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