fill the gaps
idiom
: to add what is need to something to make it complete
He's trying to fill the gaps in his CD collection.
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But in at least some sectors, Russian entrepreneurs have been able to unleash new creativity and fill the gaps left behind by departing Western brands.
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Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
The elderly population is ballooning so fast that Japan will require 2.72 million care workers by 2040, according to the government – which is now scrambling to encourage more people to enter the industry, and to import foreign workers to fill the gaps.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Pakistan has the second-highest number of out-of-school children globally, with 22.8 million ages 5 to 16 not attending school — 44 percent of this age group, according to UNICEF.
Madrasas, supported by private donations, partly fill the gaps in the public system.
—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Short of Congress stepping in to mandate changes or fund the kind of pricey studies to fill the gaps from previous research, Keefe said the agency faced more pressing public health priorities for its limited food budget.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
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Fred Weir, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
The elderly population is ballooning so fast that Japan will require 2.72 million care workers by 2040, according to the government – which is now scrambling to encourage more people to enter the industry, and to import foreign workers to fill the gaps.
—Jessie Yeung, CNN, 18 Jan. 2025
Pakistan has the second-highest number of out-of-school children globally, with 22.8 million ages 5 to 16 not attending school — 44 percent of this age group, according to UNICEF.
Madrasas, supported by private donations, partly fill the gaps in the public system.
—Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2025
Short of Congress stepping in to mandate changes or fund the kind of pricey studies to fill the gaps from previous research, Keefe said the agency faced more pressing public health priorities for its limited food budget.
—Alexander Tin, CBS News, 13 Dec. 2024
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