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
Walden Green, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Defendants named in the filing — including Kelaia’s teacher, Olivia Bennett, allegedly failed to stop the students’ bullying.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
Up to 85% of your Social Security benefits is subject to income tax if your combined income, based on the Social Security Administration’s formula, is more than $34,000 (single filers) or $44,000 (married couples filing jointly).
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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Now, according to court filings viewed by Pitchfork, Rose and Kennedy have agreed to discontinue the case with prejudice, meaning it cannot be refiled.
—Walden Green, Pitchfork, 4 Dec. 2024
Defendants named in the filing — including Kelaia’s teacher, Olivia Bennett, allegedly failed to stop the students’ bullying.
—Anna Lazarus Caplan, People.com, 4 Dec. 2024
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Up to 85% of your Social Security benefits is subject to income tax if your combined income, based on the Social Security Administration’s formula, is more than $34,000 (single filers) or $44,000 (married couples filing jointly).
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
Up to 85% of your Social Security benefits is subject to income tax if your combined income, based on the Social Security Administration’s formula, is more than $34,000 (single filers) or $44,000 (married couples filing jointly).
—Tribune News Service, Twin Cities, 15 Nov. 2024
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In announcing the new Union State treaty on security guarantees on Friday, Putin said the new document included the potential use of Russian tactical nuclear weapons which have been sent to Belarus but are controlled by Moscow.Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
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Honda says in documents posted Thursday by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration that a glitch in the installation process prevented a complete connection between the neck and the pipe.Matt Ott, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The bigger issue though, and what could drive the negative reaction to the olfactory paper, is also down to how social media inflates people’s egos.Callum Booth, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
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The paper was published in a special issue of Res Philosophica, a prominent philosophy quarterly, accompanied by thirteen other papers replying to it.Alice Gregory, The New Yorker, 2 Dec. 2024
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Creel died on Monday, Sept. 30, at the age of 48 amid treatment for a rare and aggressive form of cancer called metastatic melanotic peripheral nerve sheath sarcoma.Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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Being certified as an adjudicator by the National Dance Council America means your expertise in the art form is so wide-ranging and highly regarded that you're granted the ability to judge other professionals in national competitions.Ryan Coleman, EW.com, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Filing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filing. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.
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