1
: an act or instance of using a file
2
: a fragment rubbed off in filing
iron filings
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: an act or instance of filing something
2
: a document filed
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Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
According to Oleynik, filing is actually a fairly simple process.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
In the filing, Kruse alleges she was told by Michael Lockwood — Lisa Marie Presley’s ex-husband — that Preston was unable to bear her own children.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Between 2019 and 2023, tax filings show that the firm’s charitable arm pumped $400,000 into the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit organization where Moniz has been CEO since 2017.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2025
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Noun
John Travolta's youngest child is the great grandson of Elvis Presley, via an egg donation from the king of rock 'n' roll's granddaughter Riley Keough, filings in an ongoing lawsuit against the famed family allege.
—Samantha Cookinham, NBC news, 18 Dec. 2025
According to Oleynik, filing is actually a fairly simple process.
—Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 18 Dec. 2025
In the filing, Kruse alleges she was told by Michael Lockwood — Lisa Marie Presley’s ex-husband — that Preston was unable to bear her own children.
—Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
Between 2019 and 2023, tax filings show that the firm’s charitable arm pumped $400,000 into the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a nonprofit organization where Moniz has been CEO since 2017.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 18 Dec. 2025
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“Filing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filing. Accessed 21 Dec. 2025.
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