Vacant is commonly followed by for when referring to a role or space available for use. In and by are usually separate place or time expressions, not fixed combinations with vacant.
Use vacant for to show that a position, room, or seat is available for someone or something. Vacant in usually refers to location inside a place, and vacant by often refers to a deadline or time.
These forms are not interchangeable. Choose the construction by meaning, not by which preposition appears most often.
Use vacant for when something is available for a person, activity, or use.
In can introduce the place where something is vacant. It is not usually selected by vacant itself.
By usually introduces the time when a place must become vacant.
The same subject can take different constructions because each sentence answers a different question.
Some combinations appear in real text but do not mean what learners often assume.
Use for when you mean available for a person or purpose.
✕ The position is vacant in new staff. ✓ The position is vacant for new staff.By usually introduces a deadline, not the object of vacant.
✓ The apartment must be vacant by July.Vacant is not normally followed by of.
✕ The seat is vacant of passengers. ✓ The seat is vacant.Choose the expression that matches the intended meaning.
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Yes. Vacant for rent is used to show that a property is available to rent.
Usually no. In normally introduces the place where something is vacant.
Yes. It often means that a place must be empty before a certain time.
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