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Daily newspapers keep scores of advance obituaries on file so reporters aren’t scrambling on deadline when an important person in the community dies.—
Suzanne Van Atten,
AJC.com,
26 July 2026 Nearly 300 people attended the developer’s community meeting in March, according to the list of signatures on file with the Lincoln County Planning & Inspections Department.—
Joe Marusak
july 25,
Charlotte Observer,
25 July 2026 The hacker pretended to be one of the furniture company's employees and changed the vendor's bank account on file with Children's.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
24 July 2026 In a copy of the complaint that Semafor reviewed, on file with the Maine Human Rights Commission, one union member alleged that Williams harassed another member.—
Nicholas Wu,
semafor.com,
15 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for on file