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Recent Examples of unfilled
On the larger issue of vacancies facing the city, Villegas noted that the head positions of CHA, Chicago Public Schools, the Chicago Transit Authority and Department of Transportation remained unfilled.
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The United States has about 700,000 unfilled factory and construction jobs.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Nationally, over 500,000 cybersecurity positions remain unfilled, with roughly one in four roles sitting vacant.
—Kevin J. Conlan, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
If the city manager is doing a poor or unacceptable job — if potholes go unfilled, graffiti goes unabated or 911 response times lag — the City Council can act swiftly.
—Steven Falk, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Alice Yin, Chicago Tribune, 18 Feb. 2026
The United States has about 700,000 unfilled factory and construction jobs.
—Josh Tyrangiel, The Atlantic, 10 Feb. 2026
Nationally, over 500,000 cybersecurity positions remain unfilled, with roughly one in four roles sitting vacant.
—Kevin J. Conlan, Hartford Courant, 9 Feb. 2026
If the city manager is doing a poor or unacceptable job — if potholes go unfilled, graffiti goes unabated or 911 response times lag — the City Council can act swiftly.
—Steven Falk, Mercury News, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unfilled
Adjective
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Some questions may be adapted into full columns, and transcripts of the chats remain available after each session concludes.—
Carolyn Hax,
Washington Post,
27 Mar. 2026
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The government, for example, was alarmed that the mass-surveillance restriction—which prevented the use of Claude to process publicly available bulk data—might prevent the unfettered utilization of LinkedIn for recruitment purposes.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
14 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Buildings remain temporarily unoccupied.—
Matthew Kayser,
Miami Herald,
11 Mar. 2026
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Some ignited fireworks and others spoke from a bullhorn or spray-painted anti-ICE phrases on vehicles and an unoccupied guard booth.—
Emerson Clarridge
Updated March 11,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
11 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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The Sofia starts at just €27,695 (roughly US$32,000), for an unfurnished model, with the cost increasing depending on the options chosen, including such things as furniture, finishes, and a full off-grid solar setup and rainwater harvesting system.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
16 Nov. 2025
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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
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To overcome this challenge, the team combined red and blue laser beams and passed them through a specialized chamber called an anti-resonant hollow core fiber.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Mar. 2026
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Instead, the illusion relies on a piece of stage technology known as a hollow box.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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That way, smaller items won't sit unattended while your attention is elsewhere.—
Iona Brannon,
Travel + Leisure,
13 Mar. 2026
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New gun safety measures became law in Michigan two years ago, requiring gun owners to keep unattended weapons unloaded and locked with a locking device or stored in a locked box or container if a minor is present.—
Paula Wethington,
CBS News,
5 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Mujahid claimed Pakistani strikes hit multiple civilian sites and uninhabited locations in Afghanistan’s Paktia and Paktika provinces, as well as other areas.—
Abdul Qahar Afghan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Mar. 2026
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Mujahid claimed Pakistani strikes hit multiple civilian sites and uninhabited locations in Afghanistan's Paktia and Paktika provinces, as well as other areas.—
ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN,
Arkansas Online,
13 Mar. 2026
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“Unfilled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unfilled. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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