How to Use backfill in a Sentence

backfill

verb

• Gently backfill the hole with soil.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 16 Jan. 2026
• Advocates have called for the state to backfill many of the cuts.
  — Kate Wolffe, Sacbee.com, 14 May 2026
• Place the mum in the hole, backfill it with soil, and water the plant thoroughly.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Sep. 2025
• Next, backfill the soil around the roots, avoiding covering the crown.
  — Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 18 June 2026
• Who will backfill these coaching departures on Reid’s staff?
  — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 15 Jan. 2026
• Mix a bit of compost or worm castings into the soil, backfill the planting hole with soil, and water deeply to help the plant settle in.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Feb. 2026
• Now, several states are trying to backfill gay and questioning and trans crisis support.
  — Jade Walker, CNN Money, 22 Aug. 2025
• Teams such as Grand Canyon and UC Davis will backfill the Mountain West.
  — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 9 Sep. 2025
• Georgia lawmakers voted to backfill the budget gap, but families have already lost months of services and delays may last.
  — CBS News, 27 Feb. 2026
• The county will be asking voters in November to approve a five-eights-of-a-cent sales tax increase to help backfill some of the lost dollars.
  — Grace Hase, Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2025
• But no state can completely backfill all of the funds and resources the federal government has cut — nor can mutual aid, Boldon said.
  — Maddie Mullikin, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
• Then, backfill the lower, easier-to-fill position with a person with potential and ambition; rinse and repeat.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
• Proponents of the cuts said the state’s budget committee would backfill any important programs during the remainder of the session.
  — Idaho Statesman, 7 Mar. 2026
• Officials said the new general fund revenue would not likely backfill all that the county stands to lose, but the money would be vital for preserving health care programming.
  — Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2026
• Contract cities cannot be expected to backfill broader County budget challenges through opaque overhead charges that grow faster than the cost of actual policing.
  — Rajiv Bhateja, Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2026
• Michlewitz said the House does not typically fully fund this account, and backfills it if necessary through closeout budgets.
  — State House News Service, Boston Herald, 15 Apr. 2026
• The parent company are in active discussions with executives to backfill the rotating suite.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 23 Mar. 2026
• The addition of Morozov helps the Sabres backfill their forward depth after a few prospects have made the jump to the NHL.
  — Corey Pronman, New York Times, 26 June 2026
• Unionized nurses on strike, too, have reported getting recruitment texts from contractors seeking to backfill the staff positions.
  — Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
• California political leaders, facing a tough budget year, warn that the state does not have the financial capacity to backfill those cuts.
  — Dakota Smith, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2026
• When someone leaves — a therapist or a supervisor, for example — Pat’s Place often chooses not to backfill.
  — Ryan Oehrli august 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2025
• That leaves two spots on the men’s side, and with a weak-ish crop of first-year eligibles other than Bergeron, that gives the committee a chance to backfill some candidates who’ve been waiting for years.
  — Sean McIndoe, New York Times, 19 June 2026
• Christine Minhee, who operates a database of such funds, said that such efforts are complicated by varying state policies and a debate about whether funds should be used to backfill budget gaps.
  — Kerry Breen, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
• That effort could be derailed if the attorneys general cannot secure a court injunction, and the new state funding must be reallocated to backfill federal funding gaps.
  — Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 9 Jan. 2026
• The goal, supervisors say, is to generate $1 billion per year to backfill the dwindling budgets of local hospitals and clinics battered by federal funding cuts.
  — Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
• Marketing Week's 2025 survey cited that almost a quarter of brands are cutting senior marketing roles and choosing not to backfill them.
  — Michelle O'Connor, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
• Separately, the Pentagon last month proposed $200 billion for the war effort and to backfill munitions and supplies.
  — Lisa Mascaro, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2026
• State officials repeatedly said California can't backfill all the federal monies.
  — CBS News, 14 May 2026
• In November, voters in affluent Santa Clara County approved a sales tax increase, in part to backfill the loss of federal funds.
  — Kff Health News, Oc Register, 6 Jan. 2026
• State officials repeatedly have said California can’t backfill all the federal dollars.
  — Trân Nguyễn, Fortune, 15 May 2026