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as in family
folks plural
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
her folks have farmed that land for five generations
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as in class
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions
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Recent Examples of folk
Ed Herro, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Then, Andrew closes by offering some much-deserved thanks to the dozens of folks on staff who helped make this entire list possible.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024
Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
After Carly and Martina, indie band Half-Alive and folk musician Liza Anne finished off the series for the day.
—Elena Weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
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Tales of folks fighting against the odds, their backs against the wall.
—Ed Herro, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 Dec. 2024
Then, Andrew closes by offering some much-deserved thanks to the dozens of folks on staff who helped make this entire list possible.
—Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 6 Dec. 2024
Adjective
This year, the event will feature more folk dancing groups, Plevrakis said, and guests can enjoy a DJ on Friday and Sunday, plus a live band on Saturday.
—Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
After Carly and Martina, indie band Half-Alive and folk musician Liza Anne finished off the series for the day.
—Elena Weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
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Atkins was listed as a director at three different offshore entities either owned or affiliated with the Humphreys family.Jemima McEvoy, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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In this novel, Greg Heffley and his family decide to spend summer break with both Mom’s and Dad’s relatives.Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 14 Dec. 2024
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Rivals was the highest on him and listed him the No. 15 weak side defensive end and the No. 210 overall recruit in the nation in the 2022 class.Richard Davenport, arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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More than 233,000 bottles of duloxetine capsules sold by Rising Pharmaceuticals were voluntarily recalled on Nov. 19, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration assigned the recall as a class II risk on Dec. 5.Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
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The clip shows the dog waiting outside a door for its owner to appear, followed by the moment that has people talking.Joseph Epstein, Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2024
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Sheriff Robert Luna of Los Angeles County said that about 18,000 people were in the mandatory or voluntary evacuation zones.Corina Knoll, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2024
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William Quackenbush, tribal historic preservation officer for the Ho-Chunk Nation and president of Wisconsin Inter-Tribal Repatriations Committee, attended the meeting and provided a brief history lesson of why Wisconsin started protecting these burial sites in the 1990s.Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024
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In other Western water news: Opposition from the Colorado River’s Upper Basin states may stop Congress from approving a Lower Basin tribal water rights settlement before President Biden leaves office.Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2024
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Simone, with her tin ear for caste, doesn’t understand Gigi’s station.Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2024
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Though officially abolished in 1950, the 2,000-year-old caste system that categorizes Hindus in a social hierarchy at birth still exists in many aspects of life.Esha Mitra, CNN, 21 Nov. 2024
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Van Buren initially hails Tóth as a genius; his support offers the architect a chance to reclaim not merely the professional identity the war stripped from him but, in exercising his artistry, the essence of his humanity.Alexandra Schwartz, The New Yorker, 13 Dec. 2024
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Ultimately, while the dream that humanity will be freed from the shackles of labor and freed to pursue a life of leisure and creativity is attractive, the leap to this utopian state is far from guaranteed.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The rates of late-stage breast cancer at diagnosis have risen among women in all racial and ethnic groups, but Black women have been hit the hardest, according to a new study published in the journal Radiology.Liz Neporent, ABC News, 10 Dec. 2024
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The poll revealed significant differences among racial and ethnic groups in their willingness to allow children to attend overnight sleepovers.Aron Solomon, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
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Bieber will enter his eighth season pitching at the major league level for Cleveland.Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes, 7 Dec. 2024
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Most investor surveys, positioning gauges and even margin-debt levels remain shy of outright warning signals.Michael Santoli, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2024
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“Folk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folk. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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