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"The nature of what's being discussed could be everything from totally outsourcing search marketing to Microsoft, to something similar to what Google and Yahoo had discussed -- backfill in Yahoo search results for queries where Yahoo doesn't have many advertisers," Greg Sterling, founding principal at Sterling Market Intelligence, told the

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noun Material used to refill an excavated area.
transitive verb To refill (an excavated area) with such material.

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• Even with the backfill, public education will be cut 6 percent and higher education 9 percent for 2010.
Proof for the static group between Tübbing and mountains with the later compressed concrete (backfill) annular gap with long tunnel drivings. — Pressemitteilung WebService - Pressemitteilungen & Pressemeldungen kostenlos
The nonpartisan Legislative Analyst's office suggested last month that one way to whittle down a looming $8 billion state budget deficit would be to cut education spending by $3 billion, then use a like amount of the federal stimulus aid to "backfill" the cut. — AroundTheCapitol.com
Senate File 470, which passed 31-18, pared current funding for many education initiatives by $361 million, but majority Democrats hoped the reduction would be pared to nearly $100 million once federal money is used to "backfill" some deep cuts.
We can see some quality backfill is developing at positions on the left side of the infield - third base and shortstop. — Scout.com > HawgsIllustrated.com