white space

American  

noun

1. the unprinted area of a piece of printing, as of a poster or newspaper page, or of a portion of a piece of printing, as of an advertisement; blank space.

   White space is as effective in a layout as type.

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Etymology

Origin of white space

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

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white space

“That’s a great example of white space that didn’t really exist for this company,” CEO Nicholas Fink said during the company’s quarterly earnings call.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 3, 2026

"They didn't represent who I was going to school with, it was a very white space."

From BBC ● Jan. 24, 2026

But the bigger concern is that Walmart today isn’t operating in a white space as Amazon did many years ago.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

It’s more so just seeing that there’s a real white space for the audience and that there’s really no destination for women.

From Slate ● Sep. 14, 2024

This white space in art is equivalent to silence in music.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin