filled in

verb

past tense of fill in
1
as in informed
to give information to my friend quickly filled me in on the portion of the movie that I had missed

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2
as in substituted
to serve as a replacement usually for a time only she's only filling in while the regular secretary is on vacation

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Recent Examples of filled in Hossein Amini did another draft and Watkins filled in to direct. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026 Fourteen sheriff’s office deputies flanked the courtroom and filled in the spaces between Collins’ family and the defendants’ parents while a clerk read the verdict aloud. — Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2026 So there’s a hole somewhere in her, and that needs to be filled in a way. — Jennifer Maas, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026 That strange acclimation extends to the human characters, whose emotional histories are gradually filled in. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 9 Oct. 2026 The centerpiece—or, in this case, off-centerpiece—is a small but unmistakable bow placed above Larsson’s right eyebrow, filled in with red crystals and outlined in black ones to mimic the Sanrio superstar’s signature accessory in pop-star style. — Marci Robin, Allure, 8 Oct. 2026 An only child in a home filled in equal parts by silence and books, Laura was grateful for a friend. — Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026 The Chicago Bears won big Monday night, as third-string quarterback Case Keenum filled in for Caleb Williams and led the Bears past Jalen Hurts and the Philadelphia Eagles for a 27-7 win. — Darius Johnson, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Kristian Fulton has filled in for Delane in his absence, but Delane is trending toward a return this week against Miami. — Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filled in
  1. informed
  2. substituted
  3. told
  4. stood in
  5. advised
  6. stepped in
  7. instructed
  8. caught up
Verb
  • Mandel’s work also informed a 2012 New York Times Magazine column on how the art market thrives on inequality, which argued that fine art belongs less to the broader global economy than to the peculiar economy of the very rich.
    — Molly A. Wallace, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Regular two-way communication, where staff are heard, not just informed, combined with genuine empathy for the disruption, gives people something to hold onto.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of informed
Verb
  • Greenwood was then substituted, leaving the pitch without a shirt on.
    — Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Suarez scored his 14th and 15th goals before he was substituted off in the 61st minute.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of substituted
Verb
  • Others have been buried by the migrants themselves, but they won't be added to the official count until authorities can verify the bodies, Alexandre Coissac, IOM Chief of Mission in Djibouti, told the Associated Press via the phone.
    — JAMEY KEATEN, Arkansas Online, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Rahadian says he was drawn to a story of motherhood told through children whose mother was missing from their lives, set in a moment when a person’s citizenship could be taken away suddenly, by force and without warning.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of told
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  • Many challenges stood in between the patent and the final product.
    — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 15 Oct. 2026
  • As red smoke billowed above them, the students stood in front of large gray letters spelling out the school's name, holding a Palestinian flag.
    — Asra Q. Nomani, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of stood in
Verb
  • Chen advised supervisors facing decision fatigue to review shots within their sequences rather than obsess over individual frames.
    — Davide Abbatescianni, Variety, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Risk climbs with the amount consumed, and women who drink are advised to limit intake to no more than one drink per day.
    — Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of advised
Verb
  • Online sellers, street vendors and WhatsApp and Telegram groups have also stepped in to fill gaps left by state pharmacies, which for decades were the main source of subsidized medicines.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026
  • After the physical altercation, both men retreated toward their vehicles after witness Jamie Jedlinsky, 70, reportedly stepped in to defuse the situation.
    — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of stepped in
Verb
  • In some reports, customers said the salesperson instructed them to authorize charges flagged by their bank as potentially fraudulent.
    — Monika Evstatieva, NPR, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The attack sparked a wave of criticism from European officials, just weeks after French President Emmanuel Macron instructed lawmakers to draft a new protection plan against the growing threat of cyberattacks in the country, and beyond.
    — Sana Noor Haq, CNN Money, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of instructed
Verb
  • At least 350 supermarkets — a small fraction of the total number in France — were caught up in the strike.
    — Reuters, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
  • There were portable classrooms doing double duty at the elementary school half a mile away because enrollment was up more than 500%, and the district hadn’t caught up yet.
    — Ken Lundin, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of caught up

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“Filled in.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filled%20in. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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