fill the gaps
idiom
: to add what is need to something to make it complete
He's trying to fill the gaps in his CD collection.
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The team projects to carry a payroll of less than $70 million in 2025, and is not expected to spend in free agency to fill the gaps apparent on their uncompetitive roster.
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Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
However, unlike during the last Boeing factory strike in 2008, there is more contract work in the Seattle area to help workers fill the gaps.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
Lamb wants the Airwave to fill the gaps between formal classes, where the student wants to learn on their own time and is OK with having a snazzy AI gadget help out.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024
With international appeals for assistance severely underfunded and aid delivery repeatedly restricted by fighting, emergency response rooms have stepped in across the country to fill the gaps.
—Violet Ikong, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
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Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
However, unlike during the last Boeing factory strike in 2008, there is more contract work in the Seattle area to help workers fill the gaps.
—Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2024
Lamb wants the Airwave to fill the gaps between formal classes, where the student wants to learn on their own time and is OK with having a snazzy AI gadget help out.
—Boone Ashworth, WIRED, 8 Oct. 2024
With international appeals for assistance severely underfunded and aid delivery repeatedly restricted by fighting, emergency response rooms have stepped in across the country to fill the gaps.
—Violet Ikong, The Christian Science Monitor, 23 Oct. 2024
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“Fill the gaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill%20the%20gaps. Accessed 24 Nov. 2024.
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