unfilled

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Investors anticipated a larger order than 200 planes, given Boeing’s existing backlog of over 6,800 unfilled jet orders.

From Barron's • May 14, 2026

The company also received 136 orders in April, and its backlog of unfilled orders stands at 6,814, up from 6,726 at the end of March.

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

The key position of NSF director has been unfilled ever since Sethuraman Panchanathan, a computer scientist and academic administrator, resigned in April 2025.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2026

Thousands of positions go unfilled, which means apples go unpicked and tomatoes rot in fields.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026

This is one of the things I wasn’t prepared for — the amount of unfilled time, the long parentheses of nothing.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood