as in rubbing
to make smooth by friction
beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist
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as in marching
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium
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Recent Examples of filing
Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 13 July 2025
The new filing states that Lively, 37, and her team asked the judge to block Baldoni, 41, and his team from selecting the deposition location.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 12 July 2025
Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
The Justice Department is ordered to consider filing federal lawsuits and joining lawsuits filed by private parties to challenge suspect DEI programs.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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Verb
The voluminous case file contains dozens of police reports and hundreds of pages of legal filings.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 13 July 2025
The new filing states that Lively, 37, and her team asked the judge to block Baldoni, 41, and his team from selecting the deposition location.
—Charna Flam, People.com, 12 July 2025
Noun
The Justice Department is ordered to consider filing federal lawsuits and joining lawsuits filed by private parties to challenge suspect DEI programs.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
The Justice Department is ordered to consider filing federal lawsuits and joining lawsuits filed by private parties to challenge suspect DEI programs.
—Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filing
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The announcement came after Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel, and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino, who had previously peddled unfounded Epstein conspiracy theories, vowed to release any documents still under seal to the public.—
Molly Crane-Newman,
New York Daily News,
15 July 2025
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In unsealed documents from the Epstein Files in January 2025, Prince Andrew was alleged to have groped a woman's breast, according to a woman’s 2016 deposition.—
Alex Apatoff,
People.com,
15 July 2025
Noun
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Chantilly’s beginnings The neighborhood was first conceived on paper in the 1920’s but remained largely undeveloped until after the second World War, according to Charlotte historian, Tom Hanchett.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 July 2025
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On paper, Sofia (Mimi Davila), the protagonist of Paula Andrea González-Nasser’s mellow debut The Scout, has an enviable job.—
Lovia Gyarkye,
HollywoodReporter,
14 July 2025
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Newsweek reached out to the Costco press office via its contact request form regarding its parking policy.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 July 2025
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Tariffs are coming due in the form of higher inflation, thinner margins, or a combination of both.—
Max Zahn,
ABC News,
15 July 2025
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“Filing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filing. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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