as in packed
containing or seeming to contain the greatest quantity or number possible
filled baskets of every variety of apple were available at the farmers' market
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as in loaded
to put into (something) as much as can be held or contained
fill the basket with apples
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as in plugged
to close up so that no empty spaces remain
before starting to paint, fill all the cracks with putty
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as in fulfilled
to do what is required by the terms of
orders received by this date will be filled in time for Christmas delivery of the merchandise
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Recent Examples of filled
Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Camelia Heins, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Giving love to local venues For McLaughlin and Arthurs, the goal was always to bring the film to venues around the Carolinas as a way to promote those spaces, like The Milestone, that were filled with local music history.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
That makes the very idea of awards in literature filled with landmines.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
The streets of downtown Detroit were filled with people who protested the deadly incident.
—Julia Avant, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The shipping documents claimed the containers were filled with household goods.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Make sure the bird bath is filled at all times and clean it regularly.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … BIDDING WAR – There are six NFL teams in the hunt for a new head coach, excluding the Baltimore Ravens, but according to reports, an additional team with the position already filled is looking at John Harbaugh for next season.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
While video generation has grabbed many of the headlines, that realm is painstaking and filled with errors, which is why many experts see AI voices as a much nearer frontier in the push to make media synthetic.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Adjective
The program, known as IRS Direct File, allowed users to file their taxes with pre-filled tax forms, such as W-2s, free of cost.
—Nick Coltrain, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
Streamline applications with pre-filled forms, especially to support internal mobility where workloads are high or digital access is limited.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Verb
After a brief interlude outside for community members to reconnect, the pews filled up again.
—Camelia Heins, Daily News, 8 Jan. 2026
Giving love to local venues For McLaughlin and Arthurs, the goal was always to bring the film to venues around the Carolinas as a way to promote those spaces, like The Milestone, that were filled with local music history.
—Zach Dennis, Charlotte Observer, 8 Jan. 2026
That makes the very idea of awards in literature filled with landmines.
—Fiction Non Fiction, Literary Hub, 8 Jan. 2026
The streets of downtown Detroit were filled with people who protested the deadly incident.
—Julia Avant, CBS News, 8 Jan. 2026
The shipping documents claimed the containers were filled with household goods.
—Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2026
Make sure the bird bath is filled at all times and clean it regularly.
—Rita Pelczar, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Jan. 2026
Continue reading … BIDDING WAR – There are six NFL teams in the hunt for a new head coach, excluding the Baltimore Ravens, but according to reports, an additional team with the position already filled is looking at John Harbaugh for next season.
—Staff, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
While video generation has grabbed many of the headlines, that realm is painstaking and filled with errors, which is why many experts see AI voices as a much nearer frontier in the push to make media synthetic.
—Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 11 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filled
Adjective
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Acharia attended Raj’s recent New York City show, describing a packed venue where the predominantly young, female audience knew every lyric.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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The fire tore through the Le Constellation bar in the Alpine resort town in the early hours Thursday, turning a packed night of celebration into panic and tragedy.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
2 Jan. 2026
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The entire Winnipeg Jets team left the bench to surround Fleury as he was loaded onto the stretcher.—
Jesse Granger,
New York Times,
7 Jan. 2026
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The extension loaded its own logo, extracted the hidden code and executed it silently.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
6 Jan. 2026
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Instead, the shotgun approach keeps SNL plugged into the political conversation in a way that suits a politician with zero chill or focus.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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Up front, senior Kahlil Williams and junior Rico Henderson plugged up the middle of the line, while junior Ben Rink and sophomore Lucas Lawson brought athleticism to the defensive end positions that Skyline couldn’t match.—
Kyle Newman,
Denver Post,
8 Nov. 2025
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The paywall implementation follows intense backlash after the chatbot fulfilled requests to digitally remove clothing from photographs without subjects’ consent.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
9 Jan. 2026
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The real issue is whether WBD’s Board has run a fair process and in the end will have fulfilled its most basic obligation to shareholders.—
Mark DesJardine,
Fortune,
8 Jan. 2026
Verb
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It’s stuffed with a cushy combination of down feathers and polyfiber fill, then wrapped up in lush velvet upholstery.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
8 Jan. 2026
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Even the hospitality of sending food home with them was taken away from me, as their refrigerator and freezer was stuffed from their prior parties.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
Verb
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This was clearly an audience satisfied with the show, but the reviews were oddly negative.—
Andy Greene,
Rolling Stone,
6 Jan. 2026
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Gross satisfied an itch with his move to Dortmund, playing in the Champions League across 66 appearances, which included a goal and 15 assists, but Brighton is his spiritual home.—
Andy Naylor,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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But customer service is jammed right now.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Nov. 2025
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Warner Bros history is movie history, and the notion that that history is bought and sold like so many spare car parts can cause a deep eyeroll about the way pop culture gets jammed into the unforgiving confines of M&A culture.—
Steven Zeitchik,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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The textured housing and longer body are also worth an extra mention, making for more secure and comfortable use, while allowing a bigger battery to be crammed inside.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
9 Jan. 2026
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The company had hundreds of hours of sports to sell last year, with a February that is crammed with Olympics telecasts, Super Bowl programming and NBA matches.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Filled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filled. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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