the fold

noun

: a group of people who have a shared faith or interest
His former colleagues would be glad to welcome him back into the fold.

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Jordan Brand’s annual sneaker for the Paris streetball tournament brings a yellow and black Air Jordan 1 Low with contrast stitching into the fold for 2025. Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 24 May 2025 Getting Tart back in the fold was very important after Poona Ford walked in free agency and signed with the Los Angeles Rams. Daniel Popper, New York Times, 20 May 2025 In the background, too, the administration has looked to bring other hard-liners on the lab-leak theory into the fold. Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025 Dak Prescott a full participant in OTAs While Prescott has been throwing and running for a few weeks, it was expected that he would be limited in OTAs as the Cowboys slowly worked him back into the fold. Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for the fold

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“The fold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20fold. Accessed 30 May. 2025.

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