How to Use fill the gaps in a Sentence

fill the gaps

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  • The young bodies can’t fill the gaps.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025
  • These drops can help fill the gaps between big sports moments, too.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 17 July 2026
  • Credit cards fill the gaps, putting food on the table and gas in the tank.
    — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2021
  • To fill the gaps, the county paid tens of millions in overtime last year.
    — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2024
  • This can help fill the gaps between your skin cells — and lock in moisture while your skin is still damp.
    — Alex Orlando, Discover Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
  • France is betting that immigrant labor may help fill the gaps.
    — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2022
  • When arranging the pineapple rings, start with the whole ones and layer in cut pieces to fill the gaps.
    — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Of course, Amazon will surely have an influx of style deals that will fill the gaps in your wardrobe.
    — Wendy Vazquez, Southern Living, 24 May 2024
  • Because of the shortages, many officers have had to work overtime to fill the gaps.
    — Jessica Babb, Baltimore Sun, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Fintechs and digital upstarts emerged to fill the gaps but lacked a true balance sheet.
    — Michael Abbott, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2023
  • And there have been local efforts to fill the gaps for businesses who didn’t want to incur more debt.
    — Briah Lumpkins, Charlotte Observer, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Absences put pressure on students, who fall behind, and on teachers, who are left to fill the gaps.
    — Jon England, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
  • Unharmed species can fill the gaps left behind, keeping the ecosystem tumbling along.
    — Sophie Hartley, IndyStar, 29 Oct. 2025
  • And new staff are often thrown into the job without adequate training just to fill the gaps.
    — Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • At the same time, however, hundreds of local news outlets are springing up to fill the gaps.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 6 July 2026
  • Volunteers try to fill the gaps, but even those informal supports are nearly tapped out.
    — Jennifer Greenfield, The Denver Post, 27 Jan. 2024
  • That's where a patchwork of food rescue initiatives and other programs come in to help fill the gaps.
    — F. Amanda Tugade, Des Moines Register, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Projects stall, remaining employees scramble to fill the gaps, and overall morale takes a hit.
    — Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Despite this, there are still several key players that could fill the gaps on defense as eight starters returned to the roster.
    — Dallas News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Begin by placing a small pillar vessel inside a larger vase, and fill the gaps between the two with red and white marbles.
    — Erynn Hassinger, Country Living, 29 Nov. 2022
  • Volunteer organizations have been trying to step in to fill the gaps.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Freep.com, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Teachers have always done this to fill the gaps students have who may have moved from outside our school system, or even within our school system.
    — Julie Hotopp, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2022
  • Maui is in desperate need of help and the foundation has stepped in to fill the gaps and find the people that aid isn’t getting to quickly enough.
    — Paul P. Murphy, CNN, 12 Aug. 2023
  • Many schools will lean on existing programs to help fill the gaps in after-school and weekend meals and may ramp up efforts to serve free breakfast.
    — Lily Altavena, Freep.com, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The United States is boosting its own production of artillery shells sixfold to fill the gaps.
    — Boryana Dzhambazova, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Batteries or pumped hydro (or flywheel or gravity systems) will need to store the excess power and fill the gaps for those shady days.
    — Suwanna Gauntlett Upjohn, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Staff are now proposing to add 44 more to fill the gaps and create wider, denser barriers along all four approaches to the circle.
    — Hanna Kang, Oc Register, 22 Sep. 2025
  • But African countries cannot build their future on the assumption that foreign governments will always fill the gaps.
    — W. Gyude Moore, semafor.com, 2 July 2026
  • Some of the pressure on federal lawmakers is also shifting to state-level leaders to fill the gaps as the shutdown drums on.
    — Claire Heddles, Miami Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In a climate where companies are asked to do more with less, leaders often rely heavily on their top performers to fill the gaps.
    — Laurie Shakur, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025

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