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Recent Examples of unfilled
Quarterback coach, offensive passing game coordinator, linebackers coach, defensive line coach and other defensive staff positions are all unfilled.
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Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
The top post at Columbia has gone unfilled since summer 2024, when former President Minouche Shafik stepped down from the position after facing criticism over her handling of campus protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
And in an attention economy, interpretation doesn’t stay unfilled; it gets rented by whoever can compress it fastest.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Top dough with chicken mixture, leaving 1 inch unfilled on one of the shorter sides.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
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Zack Rosenblatt, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
The top post at Columbia has gone unfilled since summer 2024, when former President Minouche Shafik stepped down from the position after facing criticism over her handling of campus protests against Israel’s actions in Gaza.
—Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 26 Jan. 2026
And in an attention economy, interpretation doesn’t stay unfilled; it gets rented by whoever can compress it fastest.
—Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 24 Jan. 2026
Top dough with chicken mixture, leaving 1 inch unfilled on one of the shorter sides.
—Holly Riordan, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfilled
Adjective
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Armchair analysis fills the space that is created by the absence of available facts.—
Paige Williams,
New Yorker,
14 Feb. 2026
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The model is only available to paying subscribers but will be available to the public soon, Kuaishou said.—
Arjun Kharpal,
CNBC,
14 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Dixon exited the passenger side of the minivan, ran to an unoccupied Wauwatosa police squad car, and got in through an open driver's side door.—
Bridget Fogarty,
jsonline.com,
9 Feb. 2026
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Multiple aircraft, cutters and small boats searched 1,047 square miles over 24 hours, finding debris near the location where the EPIRB was activated, along with one body and an unoccupied life raft that had been deployed.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The Sofia starts at just €27,695 (roughly US$32,000), for an unfurnished model, with the cost increasing depending on the options chosen, including such things as furniture, finishes, and a full off-grid solar setup and rainwater harvesting system.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Nov. 2025
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The unfurnished apartment building is tailored toward graduate students and, during the current school year, cost either $545 or $720 in monthly rent for a studio and one bedroom respectively, according to Marquette University webpages.—
David Clarey,
jsonline.com,
26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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If the split happens in the middle of the tree trunk, what's left looks hollow and shredded, resembling an explosion.—
Tammie Souza,
CBS News,
7 Feb. 2026
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These are alt-sodas sweetened with monk fruit, which has a hollow sweetness that leaves my tongue itchy.—
Alex Beggs,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
7 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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Lusine waved us into an unattended shack, sheltered by tarp walls housing a half-dozen of these works in progress.—
Marlise Kast-Myers,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
8 Feb. 2026
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To avoid this, never leave cardboard (even containers labeled microwave-safe) unattended in the microwave, and microwave in short bursts rather than extended periods.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
5 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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The uninhabited island, which is less than one mile long, is a part of the larger Princess Alexandra National Park.—
Madeline Weinfield,
Travel + Leisure,
5 Feb. 2026
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About the size of a washing machine, Draco would purposely pile-drive itself over an ocean uninhabited area just some 12 hours after being put into Earth orbit.—
Leonard David,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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“Unfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfilled. Accessed 16 Feb. 2026.
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