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  • 1vacant — [vā′kənt] adj. [OFr < L vacans, prp. of vacare, to be empty] 1. having nothing in it, as a space; devoid of contents; empty; void 2. not held, filled, or occupied, as a position or office 3. having no occupant [a vacant seat] 4. untenanted, as …

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  • 2time — I. n. 1. Duration. 2. Spell, season, interval, term, while, span, space of time. 3. Period, age, era, epoch, date, term. 4. Delivery, parturition, confinement, hour of travail, period of childbirth. 5. Fit season, proper time, opportunity, season …

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  • 3vacant possession — ➔ possession * * * vacant possession UK US noun [U] UK ► PROPERTY a situation in which someone buying a house or land can start to use it immediately because it is not being lived in or used at the time of the sale: »The flat is offered for sale… …

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  • 4Time's Up! — is a grassroots environmental group that seeks to promote a more sustainable, less toxic New York City. For 20 years, it has been committed to improving the environment by empowering individuals to become active in their community. In New York… …

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  • 5Vacant niche — The issue of what exactly defines a vacant niche and whether they exist in ecosystems is the subject of some considerable controversy. It is important to understand that the subject is intimately tied into a much broader debate on whether… …

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  • 6vacant — [[t]ve͟ɪkənt[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n If something is vacant, it is not being used by anyone. Half way down the coach was a vacant seat... In every major city there are more vacant buildings than there are homeless people. Syn: empty 2) ADJ If a… …

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  • 7vacant — /ˈveɪkənt / (say vaykuhnt) adjective 1. having no contents; empty; void. 2. devoid or destitute (of). 3. having no occupant: vacant chairs. 4. untenanted, as a house, etc. 5. not in use, as a room. 6. free from work, business, etc., as time. 7.… …

  • 8Time After Time (The Wire episode) — Infobox The Wire episode caption = episode name = Time after Time episode no = 26 epigraph = Don t matter how many times you get burnt, you just keep doin the same. Bodie teleplay = David Simon story = David Simon and Ed Burns writer = director …

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  • 9Time of Troubles — For the Dungeons Dragons plotline, see Time of Troubles (Forgotten Realms) .: For the twentieth century periods of conflict in Ireland, see The Troubles .The Time of Troubles (Russian: Смутное время, Smutnoye Vremya ) was a period of Russian… …

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  • 10Effective evolutionary time — The hypothesis of effective evolutionary timeK. Rohde: Latitudinal gradients in species diversity: the search for the primary cause, Oikos, 65, 514 527,1992.] attempts to explain gradients, in particular latitudinal gradients, in species… …

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