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verb (1)

Definition of filenext
as in to rub
to make smooth by friction beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist

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file

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verb (2)

as in to march
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium

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file

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noun

as in queue
a series of persons or things arranged one behind another a long file of people waiting to get tickets to the game

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Recent Examples of file
Verb
The lawsuit was filed just days after the Missouri Supreme Court held Hoskins in contempt of court for issuing guidance to election officials that conflicted with the court’s order. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 15 Sep. 2026 California Teachers Association plans to file a lawsuit against the state Tuesday over its decision to withhold Proposition 98 funding from schools in the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years. — Chaewon Chung updated September 15, Sacbee.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
Gopalan, the researcher from the University of Oregon who has worked directly on the CRDC team in the past, said the data files appear to be of a similar quality as previous releases. — Jonaki Mehta, NPR, 4 Sep. 2026 Under Romanian law, the indictment gets sent to a preliminary court chamber, where a judge will inspect the case files to ensure legality. — Reuters, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for file
Recent Examples of Synonyms for file
  1. rub
  2. march
  3. queue
  4. sand
  5. stride
  6. line
  7. polish
  8. column
Verb
  • One juror was rubbing his eyes as Sullivan talked, and another was clasping and unclasping his hands in his lap.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 1 Sep. 2026
  • Danger, Olivo, and Mosco had just eaten by the gazebo and Damaris was rubbing her pup’s head goodnight, about to go into the shack.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of rub
Verb
  • Rather markets sending yields lower to account for a slower economy and cooler inflation, yields have marched higher.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2026
  • Fast start for the Hurricanes The defense forced a three and out to begin the game and then Miami quickly marched 77 yards for a touchdown, with Darian Mensah connecting with Malachi Toney for two long passes, including a 23-yard touchdown.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of march
Noun
  • When tickets went on sale, the digital queue was nine hours long.
    — John Phipps, New Yorker, 5 Sep. 2026
  • While the queue looks very similar today, themed to an old Hollywood movie theater lobby, the rest of the ride is totally different.
    — Julie Tremaine, PEOPLE, 3 Sep. 2026
Definition of queue
Verb
  • The work included sanding playground equipment, cleaning up wood chips and organizing toys.
    — Kennedy Cook, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2026
  • Degloss the countertop surface by lightly sanding to scuff the shiny finish, and then wipe the dust away.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of sand
Verb
  • Little things like starting to maybe stride a little bit more across his body, leading to a little bit lower arm slot, and impacting some of his pitches from an action and execution standpoint.
    — Will Sammon, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Fans of Waterbird Coffee were without their downtown Kansas City spot for just a few months before new owners strode in — single origin beans in hand — to save it.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of stride
Noun
  • The motions precede understanding as the lines perpetually reverse, halt, and cascade toward discovery—more scar, than solution.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The system supports line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight communications.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of line
Verb
  • The ula fala is a traditional Samoan necklace made from dried parts, called keys, of the tropical pandanus plant that are polished then strung into a necklace.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2026
  • Outside the shows, that same polished-but-not-too-polished approach was everywhere, with fashion week attendees trading traditional suits for more relaxed takes on the look.
    — Amanda Le, InStyle, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of polish
Noun
  • Ditto for Selena Gomez in her golden Louis Vuitton column gown, which nodded to the Emmy statuette.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The new design uses 17 extraction columns across four core processing sections to handle tasks that previously required over 70 conventional tanks.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of column

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“File.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/file. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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