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# Blank

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A blank is something that is empty. Also, some things that are empty can be called "blank".

On a piece of paper, a straight line where you are supposed to write something, like your name, is called a "blank line", or sometimes just a "blank".

On a television or a computer, if the picture goes away and shows nothing, it is sometimes called a "blank screen".

People who forget what they are thinking about sometimes say "my mind went blank".

When someone is trying to fix a problem but they do not know everything they need to know, those things they do not know are called "blanks". When they find those things out, they call it "filling in the blanks".

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