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The district last week shared plans to cover that gap, including stopping hiring for some unfilled positions, reducing contracts and eliminating some substitute positions.—Joe Brandt, CBS News, 19 Mar. 2026 County officials said the company relied on unlicensed employees, ignored requests to repair and replace medical equipment and allowed hundreds of shifts to go unfilled.—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026 With today’s further spike in WTI Crude Oil Futures , the sole unfilled down gap in the history of Oil markets back to the 1980s, has been filled.—Carter Braxton Worth, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026 Data released by the Tennessee Department of Education in November indicated total teacher vacancies, defined as a position left unfilled for 20 or more days, declined from 1,434 in fall 2023 to 817 in fall 2024, a 43% reduction.—Melissa Brown, Chalkbeat, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for unfilled