as in to rub
to make smooth by friction
beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist
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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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Recent Examples of file
Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
DraftKings, for its part, filed a motion to dismiss.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The online court file says an unsecured bond was set at $5,000, which would have meant Cheryl Gates would have been released.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
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Verb
OpenAI’s Sora 2, introduced less than two weeks ago, has created an uproar that some stakeholders believe will only die down once lawsuits are filed there as well.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 Oct. 2025
DraftKings, for its part, filed a motion to dismiss.
—Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2025
Noun
The actual music files live permanently on the Arweave blockchain, while all payments are handled on the Solana chain, famously the hub of the current meme coin frenzy.
—Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 10 Oct. 2025
The online court file says an unsecured bond was set at $5,000, which would have meant Cheryl Gates would have been released.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 10 Oct. 2025
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Noun
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In the eastbound direction, between the queue of cars and congregation of responders, lay a motionless helicopter, not in the sky, but on the ground; not right-side-up but on its roof.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Holloway Road tube relies on a couple of old elevators to get up and down from the platform and the entrance is on a major road, so there is no obvious place for passengers to queue outside.—
Amy Lawrence,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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The percentage indicates how much of the fire perimeter has been surrounded by a control line.—
CA WILDFIRE BOT,
Sacbee.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Even in a game when rookie left tackle Josh Simmons was a late scratch because of an unspecified personal matter, the offensive line with Jaylon Moore filling in for Simmons was virtually seamless.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
13 Oct. 2025
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Video from the area around the Ufa refinery in Bashkortostan, a Russian region in the southern Ural Mountains, showed a column of dark smoke rising from the plant following the attack.—
Tim Lister,
CNN Money,
12 Oct. 2025
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One image showed a massive column of people moving north along the territory’s coastline, by vehicle and on foot.—
Greg Norman , James Levinson,
FOXNews.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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Most importantly, many defensive special-teams rushers are first-string players, whereas the blockers tend to be second- and third-string players.—
J.J. Bailey,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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At 25, the Bronx native has already collected five Grammy Awards and a string of historic performances, from Sesame Street to Austin City Limits.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
12 Oct. 2025
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Each frame evokes the gauzy coziness and charm of peak-era '80s horror films such as Silver Bullet (1985), with its wilder elements anchored by a murderers' row of accomplished performers.—
Declan Gallagher,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Oct. 2025
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On Sunday, Sánchez-Bezos also attended the Balenciaga spring 2026 fashion show, sitting front row among Meghan Markle, Anne Hathaway, and other celebrities.—
WWD Staff,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
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“File.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/file. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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