as in to rub
to make smooth by friction
beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist
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as in to march
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 file
Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Feb. 2025
But as questions swirled around the February 2022 allegations of mishandling of records by Trump, Bloomberg News reporter Jason Leopold filed a FOIA request for six categories of documents.
—Jack Date, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
And while files have continued to be released under President Biden, some still remain unseen.
—Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Verb
In a tort claim filed Jan. 14, two Boise residents who live in a house near Willow Lane Park decried the city’s 2017 conversion of the park’s tennis courts into six pickleball courts.
—Sarah Cutler, Idaho Statesman, 11 Feb. 2025
But as questions swirled around the February 2022 allegations of mishandling of records by Trump, Bloomberg News reporter Jason Leopold filed a FOIA request for six categories of documents.
—Jack Date, ABC News, 11 Feb. 2025
Noun
Back in Tampa, Harry and LaGuerta are slowly making their way through the patient files.
—Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2025
And while files have continued to be released under President Biden, some still remain unseen.
—Jamie Stengle, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for file
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The aircraft skidded along the highway, narrowly missing a long queue of morning traffic, and was followed by a thick plume of smoke.—
Ana Melgar,
CNN,
7 Feb. 2025
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The big picture: Roughly 2,600 gigawatts of project proposals — more than twice the power capacity currently supplying the grid — were in the interconnection queue at the end of 2023, DOE estimated.—
Daniel Moore,
Axios,
6 Feb. 2025
Noun
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In the meantime, the operator said it’s making progress on its remediation plan, including analysis of other areas and additional in-line inspections.—
Joe Sutton,
CNN,
10 Feb. 2023
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The goal of this relationship is to save you time, trouble, and money down the line.—
Brady Slack,
Forbes,
10 Feb. 2023
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And right beside the win-loss column — subject to your opinion of the person running the operation — there’s a skyscraper of either explanations or excuses.—
Brian Hamilton,
The Athletic,
14 Feb. 2025
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In 1996, Fielding turned the column into the novel Bridget Jones’s Diary.—
Julia Moore,
People.com,
13 Feb. 2025
Noun
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While a disheartening string of losses, there’s at least some reason for optimism.—
Contributed Content,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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It was met with furious pushback, public outcry, and a string of defeats in court.—
Vox Staff,
Vox,
7 Feb. 2025
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If Donkey Kong decides to delay his barrel throw about 19 times in a row, Mario would actually be able to complete the kill screen normally, without the broken ladder glitch (and without facing many barrels, even).—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
Ars Technica,
7 Feb. 2025
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The Hawks have won two games in a row after dropping the first game of the season.—
Todd Abeln,
Twin Cities,
7 Feb. 2025
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“File.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/file. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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