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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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
The new headphones are designed to bridge the gap between the company’s award-winning Hi-X series and its flagship Composer reference headphones.
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Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
The new headphones are designed to bridge the gap between the company’s award-winning Hi-X series and its flagship Composer reference headphones.
—Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
Wouldn’t a Javier return to form help bridge the gap between (Hunter) Brown and the other folks?
—Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
Mercor’s mission is to bridge the gap between machine learning and human nuance.
—Jake Angelo, Fortune, 13 Jan. 2026
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“Bridge the gap.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bridge%20the%20gap. Accessed 25 Jan. 2026.
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