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
Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
Its 2006 tax filing lists Hegseth as an unpaid director.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped at the end of 2024.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Under her watch, thousands of cases were dropped after her office missed filing deadlines.
—Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Feb. 2025
Its 2006 tax filing lists Hegseth as an unpaid director.
—Kyle Khan-Mullins, Forbes, 7 Feb. 2025
Verb
Hawaiians are the second most stressed about filing their taxes, scoring four points behind California, closely followed by New York and New Jersey.
—Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 5 Jan. 2025
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits dropped at the end of 2024.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 5 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filing
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While three police detectives tried to detain Gonzalez-Munoz and another man near the food court, Gonzalez-Munoz grabbed one of the detective’s guns and fired one shot, according to police and court documents.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
11 Feb. 2025
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The document alleges that Nezhinskiy also had contact with one of the Ohio suspects less than a week before Burrow's house was broken into.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
11 Feb. 2025
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With the help of Rosie’s granddaughter Andrea and Frank Amidei’s daughter Margie, I was delivered Rosie’s handwritten copy of her homemade potato soup recipe dated on the lined notebook paper as transcribed in 2002.—
Phil Potempa,
Chicago Tribune,
8 Feb. 2025
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According to the research paper, the model can generate realistic video at any aspect ratio based on a single image and audio clip.—
Helena Skinner,
ABC News,
7 Feb. 2025
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The actor and his on-screen parents, Bryan Cranston and Jane Kaczmarek, announced the revival, which will take the form of a four-episode miniseries, in a December video shared to Instagram.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
11 Feb. 2025
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All weapons have received enhancements in some way, shape, or form, making exploring and mastering these new systems exciting.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
11 Feb. 2025
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“Filing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filing. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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