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Example Sentences

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"While Sepa do their own regular monitoring of rivers, this fills in the gaps and allows everyone to react quickly if something is going wrong."

From BBC • May 26, 2026

The Journal’s article fills in some of the blanks.

From Barron's • Apr. 28, 2026

“No New York: A Memoir of No Wave and the Women Who Shaped the Scene” is a powerful slice of storytelling that fills in gaps between other essential books about downtown New York City.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

The video fills in a key gap in the timeline authorities have provided about the hours before and after Guthrie’s abduction.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

But you don’t notice that you’re blind during saccades because your brain fills in the screen in your head to make it seem like you’re looking out of two little windows in your head.

From "The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time" by Mark Haddon