filling in
Example Sentences
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You will be spending limited time with him in person, which means you’ll be filling in a lot of blanks yourself.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 19, 2026
Rookie Josue De Paula, mostly filling in for Ohtani at designated hitter, has already shown he can take mature at-bats and provide some pop.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Watt isn’t just filling in for Tony Romo during his leave—he’s auditioning to be CBS’s top NFL game analyst.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 14, 2026
Bethell, who also bowls part-time spin, could replace Lawrence, or regain his place from Jordan Cox, who has impressed with two fifties while filling in for Bethell at number three.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
One of them was the test which the New York woman was in the process of giving us—not the embarrassing personal questions, but the business of circling numbers, spelling, and filling in blanks.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
