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.
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On Sunday, after the BMW Championship, three more names joined the fold.
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
The most valuable place on your website is above the fold.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The cast of season 4 hasn't been confirmed, but audiences can bet on seeing familiar faces — like Kohan, Murray, Jackson, Menard, and Patterson — back in the fold.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
And, in the end, Hubie’s (Sandler’s) worldview is proven correct, but not in a way that resents its detractors, but embraces them and brings them into the fold.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
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Devlina Sarkar, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Aug. 2025
The most valuable place on your website is above the fold.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2025
The cast of season 4 hasn't been confirmed, but audiences can bet on seeing familiar faces — like Kohan, Murray, Jackson, Menard, and Patterson — back in the fold.
—Allison Degrushe Published, EW.com, 12 Aug. 2025
And, in the end, Hubie’s (Sandler’s) worldview is proven correct, but not in a way that resents its detractors, but embraces them and brings them into the fold.
—Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 30 July 2025
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“The fold.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20fold. Accessed 2 Sep. 2025.
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