Meaning & use
Backfilled
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Filled in a previously excavated space, gap, or hole, either with soil and material or, figuratively, with missing information or data added after the fact.
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Workers backfilled the trench once the new pipes were laid.
The developers backfilled the database with historical records that had been missing for years.
A note on using this word
Originally a construction and engineering term, 'backfill' has become common in software and data contexts to describe adding missing records retroactively.
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