vacated
Americanadjective
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(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.
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(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.
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rendered inoperative; made void or invalid; annulled.
A new sentence is being imposed on the defendant in place of the vacated sentence.
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cleared or emptied of whatever was in it.
Having moved the pork medallions to a covered plate, fry the bacon in the vacated pan.
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of vacated
First recorded in 1785–95; vacate ( def. ) + -ed 2 ( def. ) for the adjective senses; vacate ( def. ) + -ed 1 ( def. ) for the verb sense
Example Sentences
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When Oleksandr Usyk vacated the IBF title and Frank Sanchez agreed to step aside, Itauma's fight with Hrgovic was elevated into a world-title contest.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
Circuit Court of Appeals vacated the lower court’s injunction and returned the case to district court with instructions on how to reconsider it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 26, 2026
Graham entered politics just six weeks ago, when she was appointed to fill the Senate seat vacated by the sudden death of her brother, Lindsey Graham.
From Slate ● Aug. 26, 2026
Murrill did not, however, address the fact that the court vacated the deal because prosecutors intentionally withheld key information, according to court records.
From Salon ● Aug. 10, 2026
When we returned to our stable, we gave the demon girl our one good chair—an old stool that Father had found in a vacated apartment and which we had stripped of paint and repainted.
From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep
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