filled in; filling in; fills in
1
: to enrich (something, such as a design) with detail
2
: to give necessary or recently acquired information to
I'll fill you in
: to fill a vacancy usually temporarily
interns filled in for regular staffers
Examples of fill-in in a Sentence
Noun
I'm just a fill-in, so I have no idea where office supplies are kept
Verb
my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed
she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation
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Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Vásquez was invaluable as a fill-in in place of Darvish and Musgrove, and the Padres won nine of his 20 starts.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Once the hairs are standing up and look a little funny, fill in any sparse areas with your fave eyebrow pen or pencil.
—Elizabeth Denton, StyleCaster, 14 Feb. 2025
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Noun
Why Panthers aren’t likely to be heavily involved with restricted free agency
The majority of the Panthers’ restricted free agents were injury fill-ins during the 2024 season.
—Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 20 Feb. 2025
Vásquez was invaluable as a fill-in in place of Darvish and Musgrove, and the Padres won nine of his 20 starts.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Feb. 2025
Verb
Arguably, all 101 businesses and organizations mentioned in this project were created out of a necessity to fill in voids where the founders did not feel represented.
—Martina Ibáñez-Baldor, Los Angeles Times, 15 Feb. 2025
Once the hairs are standing up and look a little funny, fill in any sparse areas with your fave eyebrow pen or pencil.
—Elizabeth Denton, StyleCaster, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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