And those numbers do not include the outside talent that companies increasingly seek to fill crucial slots.

And company executives stress their commitment to that process as they also seek to fill American Standard's needs.

The Egyptian plan seeks to fill in the specifics.

The Speaker is now seeking to fill his other spot, which became vacant recently.

When Zedd didn't say anything, she sought to fill the silence.

This left a gap in the conversation which the captain, very stupidly, sought to fill.

And hadn't she sought to fill that lifetime gap with men?

Similarly, a model in which a market is identified and then the technology sought to fill it also has serious flaws.

But that doesn't stop the cyclical arms race as the parties seek to fill their war chests.

Already political analysts are speculating about the most important positions in the cabinet and the kind of people she might seek to fill those jobs.