How to Use on file in a Sentence
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Customers who do not have an email address on file will automatically get a check in the mail.
—Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026
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Proof of vaccination or a qualified exemption must be on file at the student’s school.
—Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
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Short was identified by her fingerprints, which were on file for both a job application at an army base and a teenage arrest for underage drinking.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 June 2026
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Any minibar purchases or incidentals will be automatically charged to the card on file.
—Molly Burford, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2026
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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
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This is a good reminder to register your product so that Evenflo has your contact information on file to send notifications.
—Sarah Scott, Parents, 27 July 2026
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The summary is on file with the county Planning & Inspections Department.
—Joe Marusak july 25, Charlotte Observer, 25 July 2026
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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
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There were also no violations cited from inspections in February and August, and no complaints or corrective action agreements on file.
—Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 9 July 2026
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The project would create housing for graduate students and university staffers, documents on file with the San Jose Planning Department show.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 9 July 2026
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Spotting cancer in this cohort, one with lots of diagnostic testing already on file, delivers the priceless opportunity to learn what signs and signals appear first when pancreatic cancer develops in the body.
—Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 July 2026
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The address on file is 410 SW State Route 7 in Bonner Springs, which is the address for a Wash House Laundry.
—Rashad Alexander august 25, Kansas City Star, 25 Aug. 2026
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Several of those irate neighbors have put their opposition on file with the state and are expected to attend the hearing at One South Station, Floor 3, on Tuesday to speak their minds.
—John Vincent, Boston Herald, 29 June 2026
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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
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The prisoner-coördination headquarters routinely asks Oleksii to verify Vlasova’s info on file.
—Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
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Many bylaws or CC&Rs say that HOA owners or members are record owners, meaning that a deed is on file in the county recorder’s office documenting that the person is an owner.
—Kelly G. Richardson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2026
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Thomas Frey/picture alliance via Getty Images His DNA had been on file since his conviction in 1999 of attempting to rape a 16-year-old girl.
—CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
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The nonprofit leased a former Rite-Aid store at 1029 East Capitol Expressway, according to documents on file with the Santa Clara County Recorder’s Office.
—George Avalos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026
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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
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