filled in; filling in; fills in
1
: to enrich (something, such as a design) with detail
2
: to give necessary or recently acquired information to
I'll fill you in
: to fill a vacancy usually temporarily
interns filled in for regular staffers
Examples of fill-in in a Sentence
Noun
I'm just a fill-in, so I have no idea where office supplies are kept
Verb
my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed
she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation
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Jenna West, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
DeVito, 27, compiled a 3-5 record as the fill-in starter for the New York Giants over the last two seasons.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Since then, Aaron McCune and Tim Duncan have been filling in for Sterban on tour.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
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Noun
At times, fill-in left tackle Justin Skule was sideswiped.
—Jenna West, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
DeVito, 27, compiled a 3-5 record as the fill-in starter for the New York Giants over the last two seasons.
—Jackson Roberts, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Verb
Another thing RoboBallet can do is reprogram the work cell on the fly, allowing other robots to fill in when one of them breaks down.
—Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 25 Sep. 2025
Since then, Aaron McCune and Tim Duncan have been filling in for Sterban on tour.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 25 Sep. 2025
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“Fill-in.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fill-in. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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