Sample Sentences for
vacate
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vacate as in:  vacate the building

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    The vote forced her to vacate her position as chairperson of the committee.
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    Due to rules violations, the NCAA vacated the team's championship and victories of the year.
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    I wonder what student left to vacate my position?  (source)
    vacate = leave a place, job or position previously occupied
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    Atticus picked up the Mobile Press and sat down in the rocking chair Jem had vacated.  (source)
    vacated = gotten out of
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    Owen had met Mr. White outside Archie Thorndike's office; Thorny introduced the candidate to The Voice and told them he would, as usual, vacate his office in order for them to be alone for Owen's interview.  (source)
    vacate = leave
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    So Ma Leela said, If you are sure you are going to go through with vacating your body, I'd like to take it over.†  (source)
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    Mother and daughter vacated the cemetery and made their way toward the next train to Munich.  (source)
    vacated = left
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    Oh sure, at first Officer Pete had made it sound like it had been an ordinary, run-of-the-mill order to vacate their spot on Bower's Point—something that hadn't surprised the others—but then he'd turned to her.  (source)
    vacate = leave
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    Mr. Hempseed, touching his forelock, was quietly vacating the seat in the hearth.†  (source)
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    He knelt there patiently and waited until every last little cricket had vacated the box.  (source)
    vacated = left
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    You think I'm going to vacate my family home and let it go to rack and ruin?†  (source)
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    The junior students who were moving into the vacating classes' chairs were tradition-bound to show their talents for leadership and management.†  (source)
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    But even if he had known about these cabins, they wouldn't have delivered McCandless from harm: At some point after mid-April, when the last of the cabins was vacated as the spring thaw made dog mushing and snow-machine travel problematic, somebody broke into all three cabins and vandalized them extensively.  (source)
    vacated = moved out of
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vacate as in:  vacate the lower court's ruling

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My conviction was vacated, but I still suspect that Google searches that find it keep me from getting job interviews.
vacated = canceled or annulled
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    They vacated the lower court's ruling.
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    The appeals court voted to vacate the earlier ruling, citing procedural errors during the trial.
    vacate = cancel
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    The judge vacated the eviction order after learning the tenants had already paid the rent.
    vacated = canceled
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