filling in
Example Sentences
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“There’s a lot of filling in the blanks when your families are from the same part of the country. They’re down-to-earth, churchgoing families. It felt easy. We’re cut from the same cloth.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
With Madonna to his right and Rihanna on his left, the London-born American fencer was the unexpected filling in a pop royalty sandwich.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
But that sand itself is also in high demand for cement, for construction, for building shoulders for highways, for filling in wetlands for development.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
Manninger made 42 appearances for Juventus, filling in for injured first-choice stopper Gianluigi Buffon.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
We’ve been catching up and filling in the blanks on everything that’s been going on since Hudson and I split, though we’re not bringing up our breakup at all.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
