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fill

[fil] / fɪl /






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"This new pathway we discovered is completely separate from anything that existing drugs target, so it gives us a new opportunity to fill that gap."

From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2026

“There’s so much on there you have to fill out, and those letters are small,” Corona Garza said in Spanish.

From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2026

Try to fill the gap by withholding more from a paycheck or taxable IRA payout because these moves can wipe out or reduce penalties.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Fallout from Chancellor John Healey's Budget continues to fill many of the front pages.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

“Then fill me in. Because from where I’m sitting, Leo seems like the only person on this whole bus worth being friends with.”

From "Clairboyance" by Kristiana Kahakauwila

Nurses can’t wear them long, so maybe next month I’ll get my gel fills, which is what she’s an expert at.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2026

By Thursday, she’s ready to start filtering through what she’s collected, and on Fridays and Saturdays, she fills out the applications.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 29, 2026

“To have a film revolve around male friendship as Martin’s do, I think fills a need that you don’t see fulfilled very much,” Malkovich says.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 26, 2026

When soil becomes saturated with moisture, water fills many of the tiny spaces between soil particles, making it more difficult for gases to move through them.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

It’s not the same rah-rah celebration, but just the idea of the statement we’ve made fills us with pride.

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

Instead, she saw a black shadowy mist drifting around the room filled with toys.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

On Saturday, giant skeletons, floats and performers in feathered headdresses and masks filled the streets of Mexico City for the 10th anniversary of the Day of the Dead parade.

From Barron's ● Oct. 31, 2026

During the first billion years after the Big Bang, vast amounts of neutral hydrogen filled the space between galaxies.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

"Captain Picard stood for the best of us and so did the man who played him. I was filled with affection and admiration for him and his work," Shatner added.

From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026

Then, in no time at all, the sky above us was filled with a thunderous throbbing roar, so loud that I thought my ears might burst.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

For now, analysts at Yorkville Ives said demand for computing power still exceeds supply, adding that neoclouds are filling an important gap that larger data centre companies cannot fill.

From BBC ● Nov. 1, 2026

These simulations attempt to recreate how galaxies formed, how gas moved through them, and how radiation eventually transformed the hydrogen filling intergalactic space.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 30, 2026

Energy Minister Jean Mathanga said on Monday that more than 23 million litres of petrol and diesel had been procured, with nearly half in transit and some already reaching filling stations.

From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026

With smaller U.S. companies on the ropes, MCA funders are filling the void.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

But I had to decide soon, because the cafeteria was filling up with the entire eighth-grade class.

From "Bye Forever, I Guess" by Jodi Meadows


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