BLANKS Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

blanks 1 of 2

noun

plural of blank

as in forms

a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it handed him an employment blank to fill out

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as in vacancies

empty space a blank on the form for the patient's insurance policy number

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blanks

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verb

present tense third-person singular of blank

as in passes over

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Recent Examples of blanks

Noun

Schmidt then fills in the blanks. — Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026 There are few blanks to fill in. — Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards, Mercury News, 1 June 2026 Thoughts race, filling in the blanks with worst-case scenarios. — Bybryan Robinson, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026 The site may ask you to connect with a chat bot to fill in any blanks in your application. — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026 Someone doesn’t have to be ignoring you, shading you or leaving something out, but your mind will go ahead and fill in the blanks. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026 Retrofitted rat traps that fired Hollywood blanks meant to deafen and deter. — Literary Hub, 22 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 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

Recent Examples of Synonyms for blanks

Noun

But honestly, thanks to the ubiquity of Ring cameras, data brokerage, and facial-recognition technology, sundry forms of surveillance are now a regular part of modern American life.

— Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 July 2026
Humidity usually rises overnight as temperatures fall, which is why nights feel damp and dew forms by early morning.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 1 July 2026

Definition of forms

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

Court documents say witnesses noticed Lopez acting strangely before the attack.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Kai Poma plans to conduct cultural and archaeological resource studies and environmental surveys and then prepare a resource management plan for the property, according to planning documents.

— Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2026

Definition of documents

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

Verb

Stating that Palestinians are entitled to a country of their own ignores the facts.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 28 June 2026
With the job’s high salary, live-in accommodations and her love of children on her mind, Layla ignores Jasmine’s concerns and drives to the family’s estate to meet Zuri.

— Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 26 June 2026

Definition of ignores

Noun

Remarkably, in 2019, Correia beat out a recall vote from the City Council by utilizing a section of the City Charter allowing the subject of a recall to file nomination papers for the next election and run to succeed themselves.

— Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 July 2026
Mateo Rosiles is the Texas Connect reporter for USA TODAY and its regional papers in Texas.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 6 July 2026

Definition of papers

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

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