: not filled
an unfilled bottle
unfilled spaces
a vacancy left unfilled
an unfilled order
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With 74% of school districts reporting difficulty filling teaching positions for the 2024-25 school year, and science positions among the most likely to go unfilled, Monsour's observation about the scarcity of STEM teachers reflects a national crisis.
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Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The office has 37 unfilled positions, amounting to a 10% vacancy rate.
—Margaret Shreiner, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The goal of the program is to expose students to career paths in the food industry, including within food media and culinary production at a time when the hospitality industry is facing an unprecedented labor shortage, leaving more than two million jobs unfilled.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
In rural regions, unfilled roles in construction, health care, transportation, and warehousing make up nearly one in four postings, threatening to stall the very projects driving America’s growth.
—Chris Kibarian, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Talia Milgrom-Elcott, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
The office has 37 unfilled positions, amounting to a 10% vacancy rate.
—Margaret Shreiner, jsonline.com, 10 Sep. 2025
The goal of the program is to expose students to career paths in the food industry, including within food media and culinary production at a time when the hospitality industry is facing an unprecedented labor shortage, leaving more than two million jobs unfilled.
—Jennifer Maas, Variety, 22 Aug. 2025
In rural regions, unfilled roles in construction, health care, transportation, and warehousing make up nearly one in four postings, threatening to stall the very projects driving America’s growth.
—Chris Kibarian, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2025
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“Unfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/unfilled. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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