Thesaurus results for FILL-INS

fill-ins

noun

plural of fill-in

as in replacements

a person or thing that takes the place of another I'm just a fill-in, so I have no idea where office supplies are kept

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Recent Examples of fill-ins Merrill is not new to the station, having done weekends and fill-ins previously. —

Richard Wagoner, Daily News, 16 Feb. 2026 In Diggs’ place, Schottenheimer mentioned Trikweze Bridges and Caelen Carson as potential fill-ins against the Commanders. —

Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Oct. 2025

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Noun

But history lacks good examples of air campaigns that have easily toppled regimes and led to replacements that the attackers preferred.

— Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 1 Mar. 2026
In this scenario, the CJNG would fracture into smaller, warring factions, producing more obscene levels of bloodshed as potential replacements try to prove their mettle.

— Daniel DePetris, Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2026