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vacated

[ vey-key-tid ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

(of a place) given up or left by whoever was occupying it:
I had to clean the vacated rooms and prepare them for the newcomers.
(of an office or position) given up or relinquished:
The final deadline for applications to the newly vacated position of Project Manager is January 13th.
rendered inoperative; made void or invalid; annulled:
A new sentence is being imposed on the defendant in place of the vacated sentence.
cleared or emptied of whatever was in it:
Having moved the pork medallions to a covered plate, fry the bacon in the vacated pan.

Origin of vacated¹

First recorded in 1785–95; vacate ( def ) + -ed ²( def ) for the adjective senses; vacate ( def ) + -ed ¹( def ) for the verb sense

A few days later, a studio functionary called to say the offices were to be vacated.

The government lost; a federal judge vacated the rule in 2009.

The second district is an open seat, vacated by Republican Shelley Moore Capito to run for Senate.

The soon-vacated site was then overrun by Taliban forces, who had to be driven out roughly a month later by the Afghan army.

Enter the beautifully vacated house … and inhabit its luxurious interiors.

That within the hour all your people—to the last scullion—shall have laid down their arms and vacated Condillac.

Mrs. Towne seated herself in the chair that Dr. Towne had vacated, arranged her dress and folded her hands in her lap.

If such an individual is elected to either house of the General Assembly, his former office must be vacated.

Ten bishoprics were to be abolished, and the vacated sees were to be annexed to those preserved.

A few days afterwards she had vacated the Rectory, and her furniture was packed into vans to be carried away.

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