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
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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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Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Steward had two interceptions in the preseason finale in Kansas City and the Bears stashed him on the practice squad, elevating him for Sunday’s game as a fill-in for Kyler Gordon and giving him playing time that Josh Blackwell had been getting.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Duggan also announced Melia Howard as his new deputy mayor after Todd Bettison left the post to fill in as the Detroit Police Department's interim police chief.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
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Noun
With seven fill-in starts his previous three seasons, Moore has played just 14 offensive snaps this season, nine coming in last month’s loss to Kansas City in which Williams got ejected for throwing a retaliatory punch.
—Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
Steward had two interceptions in the preseason finale in Kansas City and the Bears stashed him on the practice squad, elevating him for Sunday’s game as a fill-in for Kyler Gordon and giving him playing time that Josh Blackwell had been getting.
—Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
In a separate case, Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court ruled that thousands of Pennsylvania mail-in ballots shouldn’t be counted if the date on the envelope wasn’t filled in correctly.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
Duggan also announced Melia Howard as his new deputy mayor after Todd Bettison left the post to fill in as the Detroit Police Department's interim police chief.
—Dana Afana, Detroit Free Press, 1 Nov. 2024
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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