vacancy

IPA: vˈeɪkʌnsi

noun

  • An unoccupied position or job.
  • An available room in a hotel; guest house, etc.
  • Empty space.
  • A blank mind, unoccupied with thought.
  • Lack of intelligence or understanding.
  • (physics) A defect in a crystal caused by the absence of an atom in a lattice
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Examples of "vacancy" in Sentences

  • Senate in 1811 to fill the vacancy in the term.
  • The lack of occupancy in this sense is a vacancy.
  • The vacancy was due to the death of a councillor.
  • The Governor appoints Justices in the case of a vacancy.
  • The first vacancy was in 1871, before the Constitution of 1875.
  • The rule on vacancy is a disincentive to tearing a property down.
  • The vacancy was due to the resignation of an independent councillor.
  • At the election, the vacancy shall be filled for the unexpired term.
  • In the case of a vacancy the Governor fills the position by appointment.
  • This is the longest vacancy in the history of the Coptic Orthodox Church.
  • – Another top candidate from last year's high court vacancy is again on the short list.
  • I'm not sure what happens in Florida when a representative resigns and how the vacancy is filled.
  • I see him now, excellent and venerable old man! his eyes wandered in vacancy, for they had lost their charm and their delight — his
  • The Michigan governor, who made it to the vetting level during the last Supreme Court vacancy, is mum on the specifics this time around.
  • Besides, for practical purposes most Senators are selected by State governors in vacancy filling appointments, then rubber-stamp elected.
  • Ending lifetime appointment would hopefully end the apocalyptic kabuki theater both sides engage in every time a Supreme Court vacancy is open.
  • Mr. Guinee said in an interview: "I was merely trying to determine the likelihood of near term vacancy and refilling that vacancy in a market that is one of the worst in the country."
  • I see him now, excellent and venerable old man! his eyes wandered in vacancy, for they had lost their charm and their delight — his niece, his more than daughter, whom he doated on with all that affection which a man feels, who, in the decline of life, having few affections, clings more earnestly to those that remain.

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