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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The ranking, the organization explained, is designed to identify which states have stepped in to fill the gaps left by a lack of federal policies that would or could support low-wage workers and working families.
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Josie Cox, Forbes.com, 28 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
In many ways, Germany serves as a useful cautionary tale for Taiwan: both closed well-functioning nuclear reactors, doubled down on a fragile natural gas import strategy, and hoped that renewables would grow fast enough to fill the gaps.
—Jim Ellis, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2025
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Josie Cox, Forbes.com, 28 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
In many ways, Germany serves as a useful cautionary tale for Taiwan: both closed well-functioning nuclear reactors, doubled down on a fragile natural gas import strategy, and hoped that renewables would grow fast enough to fill the gaps.
—Jim Ellis, Foreign Affairs, 30 July 2025
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“Fill the gaps.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill%20the%20gaps. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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