the fold
noun
: a group of people who have a shared faith or interest
His former colleagues would be glad to welcome him back into the fold.
Examples of the fold in a Sentence
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Hollywood was not quite ready to welcome a trans actor into the fold.
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Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
And few leaders are willing to bring Ukraine into the fold before the war with Russia is settled.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
With the threat of third parties potentially siphoning votes, there's a need for the Biden campaign to spend big to try to bring all of his 2020 voters back into the fold.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
Getting Kevon Looney back into the fold — along with Green — should help on that front.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
His dream to go out on his own materialised in the form of a business partnership with Ross Lewis, the long standing owner of Chapter One, who has now stepped away from cooking duties and welcomed Viljanen into the fold.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
And so bringing them into the fold felt really organic.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
What is less clear is if these were anti-Trump Democrats casting ballots in the Republican primary or dissident Republicans whom the party will need to bring back into the fold.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The club, mostly Giants fans, has even taken a Dodgers fan into the fold.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
Mayukh Sen, The Atlantic, 9 Apr. 2024
And few leaders are willing to bring Ukraine into the fold before the war with Russia is settled.
—Lara Jakes, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2024
With the threat of third parties potentially siphoning votes, there's a need for the Biden campaign to spend big to try to bring all of his 2020 voters back into the fold.
—Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 1 Apr. 2024
Getting Kevon Looney back into the fold — along with Green — should help on that front.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
His dream to go out on his own materialised in the form of a business partnership with Ross Lewis, the long standing owner of Chapter One, who has now stepped away from cooking duties and welcomed Viljanen into the fold.
—Paul Caputo, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024
And so bringing them into the fold felt really organic.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Mar. 2024
What is less clear is if these were anti-Trump Democrats casting ballots in the Republican primary or dissident Republicans whom the party will need to bring back into the fold.
—Maggie Haberman, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
The club, mostly Giants fans, has even taken a Dodgers fan into the fold.
—Laurence Miedema, The Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2024
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“The fold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20fold. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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