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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

Nonsurgical options like dermal fillers or fat grafting can suffuse depressions to create a more centered appearance.

From Slate • Feb. 22, 2026

Lower-risk procedures such as Botox and lip fillers will fall under council licensing schemes.

From BBC • Feb. 17, 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

She explained that fillers are little items that are not considered important enough to he a story or to have a headline.

From "Stargirl" by Jerry Spinelli