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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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The malware would also encrypt a company's files if a victim attempted to remediate the infection. Sam Sabin, Axios, 10 Dec. 2024 Criminal investigators have also launched an inquiry into the cyberattacks on election infrastructure, which were detailed in the declassified intelligence files, said Politico. Sorcha Bradley, The Week Uk, theweek, 9 Dec. 2024 After running Undo Device Backup, the device will retain all its files as if the backup had never occurred. Paul Monckton, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 For instance, a system might automatically archive relevant but old data, such as branding documents or engineering files, based on age or activity time stamps rather than their actual significance—something only a human could interpret. Sean Nathaniel, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 On Wednesday the president had released intelligence files from the Romanian Intelligence Service, the Foreign Intelligence Service, the Special Telecommunication Service and the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Stephen McGrath The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 7 Dec. 2024 Over the next three years, thousands of documents — text messages, patient files, financial statements, the fair hearing transcripts — were entered in court as evidence. J. David McSwane, ProPublica, 7 Dec. 2024 But the brothers’ fate is now uncertain, as Hochman has promised to personally review the case from top to bottom – by revisiting thousands of pages of confidential prison files, transcripts from trial, and interviewing prosecutors, defense attorneys and family members. Emma Tucker, CNN, 1 Dec. 2024 Residing in one or more files, with some number of lines per file, the code is the set of instructions that the program executes. Nisha Talagala, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024

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“Files.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/files. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.

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