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present tense third-person singular of file

files

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verb (2)

present tense third-person singular of file
as in marches
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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files

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noun

plural of file
as in queues
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another a long file of people waiting to get tickets to the game

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Noun
This is iFi’s flagship portable DAC and headphone amp aimed at anyone who wants the ultimate sound from digital music files on the move. Mark Sparrow, Forbes, 25 Mar. 2025 The two investigators spent six months poring over thousands of documents in case files for crimes that were never solved. Gloria Casas, Chicago Tribune, 25 Mar. 2025 Once malicious files are live, response times often lag. Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 Amanda’s job is to find out what is in those files that could harm their case. Ayan Artan, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2025 Back Up Important Data Keep secure backups of important files and system states. Alex Vakulov, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025 The files also contain the unredacted personal information—including Social Security numbers—of dozens of people, seemingly published accidentally, though the National Archives site now suggests this was an inevitable result of the transparency effort. Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Mar. 2025 Sources also said that the files are voluminous. Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025 While Bondi pointed fingers at the FBI in New York, many more files exist in other jurisdictions. Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025

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“Files.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/files. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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