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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On the entertainment side, live music filled many of the ship's lounges, and eclectic playlists helped fill the gaps in other spaces, with day-to-night transitions that always seemed to meet the mood.
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
And the operating model is shifting from one where humans had to fill the gaps automation could not reach, to one where AI carries the core workflow and humans oversee exceptions, ethics, and innovation.
—Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Triangular panels fill the gaps between the Prism’s trapezoidal sides and its rectangular back, the latter featuring a removable/rotatable seven-slot panel for PCI Express cards.
—PC Magazine, 16 Aug. 2025
Food assistance programs, like The Store in Nashville’s 12 South neighborhood, are scrambling to fill the gaps.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
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Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2025
And the operating model is shifting from one where humans had to fill the gaps automation could not reach, to one where AI carries the core workflow and humans oversee exceptions, ethics, and innovation.
—Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
Triangular panels fill the gaps between the Prism’s trapezoidal sides and its rectangular back, the latter featuring a removable/rotatable seven-slot panel for PCI Express cards.
—PC Magazine, 16 Aug. 2025
Food assistance programs, like The Store in Nashville’s 12 South neighborhood, are scrambling to fill the gaps.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 10 Aug. 2025
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“Fill the gaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill%20the%20gaps. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.
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