Sentence examples for backfilling from inspiring English sources

Clever hedge-fund organisers may seed many funds, operate them for a few years, then announce in public only the most successful ones, "backfilling" the performance data from prior periods ie, projecting what the fund might have earned before it existed if it had pursued the same strategy.

Most subsurface drains are constructed by excavating a trench, installing a tile, and backfilling the trench.

Deputy Chief Constable Neil Richardson told MSPs that officers were "backfilling" jobs which used to be carried out by back room staff.

Then he announced, "I'm going to call Dan Neil and say, 'What the fuck?' Starting with a negative conclusion and backfilling the facts is a classic dickhead move — and a classic human fallacy".

As the economy improves and employment picks up, tenants will spend the next several years backfilling these shadow spaces before venturing into the leasing market.

Under sequestration rules, all program categories faced cuts, and backfilling the narrow category "air traffic operations" at the Transportation Department took Congressional action.

The mine shafts were backfilled with hardcore and capped with concrete.

The resulting holes would be backfilled in a separate executive decree.

The waste would be emplaced (by remotely controlled or robotic devices) in holes drilled into the floors of these rooms, after which the boreholes would be sealed and the rooms and corridors backfilled.

When the entire operation has been completed (perhaps after approximately 30 years of operation), the shafts too would be backfilled and sealed.

The tubes are evacuated and backfilled with a mixture of mercury vapour and an inert gas.