REFILLING Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

refilling

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present participle of refill

as in replenishing

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Washington could also consider moving some command and coordination functions to the United States or to safer overseas locations, including in Europe and Diego Garcia, and develop its capacity for replenishing naval operations at sea.

— Philip H. Gordon, Foreign Affairs, 12 Oct. 2026
An agent replenishing an everyday household item is relatively straightforward, but choosing a shirt or dress is more subjective.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 9 Oct. 2026

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Instead of reloading rockets individually, crews replace the entire launcher pod with an onboard crane, significantly reducing reload times and simplifying logistics.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 July 2026
For instance, frequently reloading a gun before the ammo counter hits zero will present a Flaw called Overprepared, which increases each gun’s magazine size but temporarily decreases a character’s damage output if a gun does reach zero ammo before a reload.

— Jason Fanelli, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2025

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Storyteller experiments with some next-generation convertible furniture designs to make the new van even more versatile and better equipped for loading up gear.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 15 Oct. 2026
Russian diesel exports loading from the Baltic port of Primorsk resumed on Tuesday, with a tanker carrying around 40,000 metric tons of ultra-low sulphur diesel heading towards Morocco, according to LSEG data reported by Reuters on Wednesday.

— Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2026

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Coca-Cola is refreshing its beverage lineup with a series of new fruit flavors.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 5 Oct. 2026
As advertising platforms make decisions in real time, organizations refreshing creative on quarterly schedules will spend more of their budget reacting to changes the platform has already made instead of keeping pace with them.

— Matt Jayson, Forbes.com, 2 Oct. 2026

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