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The actors surrounding Thatcher, meanwhile, are a cannily calibrated bunch of game pieces in motion, with Gage making solidly funny use of performative handsomeness, looks that just as easily morph into a worrying blankness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 30, 2025

At times, "Midas Man" seems to approach these moments with an odd sense of blankness.

From Salon • Jan. 23, 2025

There was just a total blankness, a pain that really overwhelmed it.

From BBC • Jul. 31, 2023

A substantial supply of gray clouds overhead, often seeming to roll from horizon to horizon, blotting out sunshine, helped to hint at the blankness and bleakness that many associate with winter.

From Washington Post • Feb. 27, 2023

Nevertheless, staring into this blankness, the doctor called, “Are you sick?”

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides