fill (up)

Definition of fill (up)next

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Verb
  • Furniture, pets, and the residents themselves infuse the images with both ambiguity and meaning, creating a rich mosaic of city life across ages, backgrounds, and boroughs.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
  • Guguen’s life is infused with both music and perfumes, having played in bands and worked in the fragrance industry for decades.
    Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
Verb
  • Instruments and voices accumulate into immense, sustained, saturating dissonances, with a snare drum cutting through the tear-gas haze.
    Alex Ross, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • Again, keep it at the base of your plant, not the leaves, and use a slow, saturating soak.
    Molly Burford, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
Verb
  • The flavor craze began back in 2023 when social media users were steeping black tea bags in a bottle of Sprite.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
  • Just from a personal standpoint, that was also joyful for me, living in this other environment and getting steeped into it and feeling it out.
    William Earl, Variety, 17 May 2026
Verb
  • In confronting this notion often taken for granted, his camera performs a rousing restoration of the power often stolen from them, ensuring that by the time the credits roll, they’re finally imbued with the kind of divinity only offered to them in name.
    Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 May 2026
  • This is a war film less ordinary, for it is imbued with the emotional acuity of a life-changing therapist.
    Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Bathrooms boast soaking tubs and double shower heads, and closets contain straw beach totes, hats, and a yoga mat for use while on property.
    Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 May 2026
  • Use this solution to blot the top layer of the mattress, trying to moisten and gently rub versus soak the mattress.
    Ashlyn Needham, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Verb
  • Here’s another favorite, also permeated by regret!
    The Week US, TheWeek, 13 May 2026
  • Color permeates more than interior design.
    Eleni N. Gage, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 May 2026
Verb
  • The lead up to this anniversary has happened alongside this looming, all-pervading sense that a revolution — both political and moral — is mounting.
    Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 13 May 2026
  • But the office’s pervading atmosphere of hard work and quiet focus felt uncannily similar to its big-screen analog.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026
Verb
  • Their enormous talons penetrate deeply into tissue, while the bird’s powerful flexor muscles clamp down with immense force.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
  • The precision strike successfully penetrated defenses that had been held for years.
    Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 17 May 2026
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“Fill (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fill%20%28up%29. Accessed 21 May. 2026.

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