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fillers

NOUN

something that takes up

Synonyms

WEAK

bushing capacity batting cartridge center content contents cylinder dressing fill guts impletion inlay innards inside layer liner mixture pack packing pad padding refill replenishment shim stuffing wad wadding

Antonyms

WEAK

emptiness

Example Sentences

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Instead, nurse practitioners have become major gap fillers, growing their ranks by 60% to 461,000 between 2019 and 2025, data from the American Association of Nurse Practitioners show.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Oscars host Conan O'Brien left a hand-written message under the seats inside the Dolby Theatre, to welcome nominees, their plus ones or seat fillers to the Oscars.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Women routinely turn to fillers and surgery to force a level of symmetry and balance we aren’t naturally meant to have as a result of this absurd kind of standard.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

Still, that’s kind of the point: For him, puzzles should motivate solvers to be more than half-thinking box fillers.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

“Bottle fillers must use the bathroom in the annex.”

From "Educated" by Tara Westover