bridge the gap
idiom
: to have qualities of two different groups or things
—often + between
His work bridges the gap between popular fiction and serious literature.
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The team needed an object large enough to bridge the gap to test this.
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Translation apps and language-learning tools have certainly helped bridge the gap, but Apple's latest innovation takes things a step further by baking real-time translation directly across its entire ecosystem.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
ByJohn Spencer-Taylor AUTHOR POST | Paid Program John Spencer-Taylor (Spence) is the CEO of BrainGu, a company dedicated to building innovative, resilient software solutions that bridge the gap between commercial technology and defense operations.
—John Spencer-Taylor, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Identifying areas of agreement key to progress Sybil Francis, president and CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona, said events like Arizona Talks can help bridge the gap on tricky questions of how to solve societal problems.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
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Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2025
Translation apps and language-learning tools have certainly helped bridge the gap, but Apple's latest innovation takes things a step further by baking real-time translation directly across its entire ecosystem.
—Susmita Baral, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2025
ByJohn Spencer-Taylor AUTHOR POST | Paid Program John Spencer-Taylor (Spence) is the CEO of BrainGu, a company dedicated to building innovative, resilient software solutions that bridge the gap between commercial technology and defense operations.
—John Spencer-Taylor, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Identifying areas of agreement key to progress Sybil Francis, president and CEO of the Center for the Future of Arizona, said events like Arizona Talks can help bridge the gap on tricky questions of how to solve societal problems.
—Taylor Seely, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for bridge the gap
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“Bridge the gap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridge%20the%20gap. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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