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 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 Some researchers have theorized that these curious small galaxies could harbor black holes that are buried in thick shrouds of cosmic dust. — Robert Lea, Space.com, 6 July 2026 For example, neutron stars and black holes register as piano notes, while Hubble optical imagery becomes the gentle strum of an acoustic guitar. — Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 4 July 2026 Recent ideas suggest that little red dots could be black holes cocooned in thick gas, possibly representing a completely new type of object called a black hole star, in which the tight shroud of gas emits light like a stellar atmosphere. — Quanta Magazine, 2 July 2026 The observatory was named for fast-flying swift birds due to its ability to pivot rapidly to look at cosmic events and afterglows, enabling the study of comets, gravitational waves and black holes over long periods of time. — Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for black holes
  1. vacancies
  2. blanks
  3. voids
  4. gaps
Noun
  • 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
Definition of vacancies
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
Noun
  • 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
Definition of gaps

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