unfilled

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Recent Examples of unfilled Why were so many contract slots left unfilled this year? Scott Powers, New York Times, 27 May 2026 The network intends to leave eight empty positions unfilled. David Folkenflik, NPR, 27 May 2026 Soon reports spread that large swaths of seats were going unfilled, tickets were being given away to volunteers, and season ticket holders were not renewing. Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 May 2026 Gerald Parker, who Trump tapped to run the office in February 2025, resigned later that year, and the position has remain unfilled. Lilia Luciano, CBS News, 16 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for unfilled
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfilled
Adjective
  • If no shelter is available, crawl to an interior wall away from windows.
    CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 13 June 2026
  • The series will be available across mobile devices, connected TVs, the Amazon shopping app, Prime Video, Fire TV, JioTV and Airtel Xstream.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • At the second smallest of the 16 venues, there appeared to be thousands of unoccupied seats.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 14 June 2026
  • The Monroe County Sheriff's Office charged him with burglary of an unoccupied vehicle and theft.
    Zachary Bynum, CBS News, 14 June 2026
Adjective
  • The Knoll is currently on the market for US$162,950, but also comes in unfurnished and basic shell options for $155,250 and $81,475, respectively.
    Adam Williams April 23, New Atlas, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The unfurnished apartment building is tailored toward graduate students and, during the current school year, cost either $545 or $720 in monthly rent for a studio and one bedroom respectively, according to Marquette University webpages.
    David Clarey, jsonline.com, 26 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • White seeds are just the hollow shells of black seeds that didn’t mature.
    Jill Schildhouse, Southern Living, 13 June 2026
  • The workplace fills up with work that looks finished, sounds confident, and is hollow enough that some exhausted human — usually without credit or reward — still has to mop it up.
    Joe McKendrick, Forbes.com, 12 June 2026
Adjective
  • The tools for reviewing long unattended runs are far less mature than the environments that host them.
    Janakiram MSV, Forbes.com, 13 June 2026
  • While your first instinct may be to help, young cubs (also known as kits) are often left unattended while their parents hunt for food, and intervening too quickly can sometimes do more harm than good.
    Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 13 June 2026
Adjective
  • China deployed ships to guard the uninhabited Scarborough in 2012, after weeks of a tense standoff with Philippine ships, prompting Manila to bring its disputes with Beijing to international arbitration, which the Philippines largely won.
    ABC News, ABC News, 9 June 2026
  • Homeownership feels increasingly out of reach for many Americans, but not for this group of creatures, which slithered into an uninhabited home in Arkansas, much to the chagrin of the realtor trying to sell it.
    Drew Pittock, USA Today, 5 June 2026

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“Unfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfilled. Accessed 20 Jun. 2026.

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