as in rubbed
to make smooth by friction
beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist
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as in marched
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 filed
William Clowes, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Bondi and Blanche filed a response arguing that Massie and Khanna do not have a legal basis for the request.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
Police have not yet announced whether charges have been filed.
—Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
On second reading Monday, Johnson filed an amendment to remove the portion of the bill that required Terminated Pregnancy Reports, including additional information about providers, to go to the Department of Health and the Attorney General’s Office.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit was filed nearly two years after the damage and after insurance companies paid $10 million for repairs.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit filed in San Francisco says internal WhatsApp engineers — deemed whistleblowers — allege that the platform’s internal team can request access to user content to conduct their tasks, bypassing encryption.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Court documents filed in December by the Department of Justice as part of a civil lawsuit brought last year by the family of a passenger killed on flight 5342 show the US government admitting failures by the Black Hawk pilots and a controller in the Reagan National Airport tower.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
The strike is based on an unfair labor practice charge filed by the National Union of Healthcare Workers against the two Kindred hospitals.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
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The claim was filed in November in a UK High Court dealing with commercial issues by Libyan Foreign Bank, a unit of the Central Bank of Libya known as LFB, over loans taken out against a 2001 credit facility that Zimbabwe has allegedly failed to honor, court documents show.
—William Clowes, Bloomberg, 28 Jan. 2026
Bondi and Blanche filed a response arguing that Massie and Khanna do not have a legal basis for the request.
—Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 28 Jan. 2026
Police have not yet announced whether charges have been filed.
—Chelsea Jones, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
On second reading Monday, Johnson filed an amendment to remove the portion of the bill that required Terminated Pregnancy Reports, including additional information about providers, to go to the Department of Health and the Attorney General’s Office.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit was filed nearly two years after the damage and after insurance companies paid $10 million for repairs.
—Paul Flahive, Austin American Statesman, 27 Jan. 2026
The lawsuit filed in San Francisco says internal WhatsApp engineers — deemed whistleblowers — allege that the platform’s internal team can request access to user content to conduct their tasks, bypassing encryption.
—Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 27 Jan. 2026
Court documents filed in December by the Department of Justice as part of a civil lawsuit brought last year by the family of a passenger killed on flight 5342 show the US government admitting failures by the Black Hawk pilots and a controller in the Reagan National Airport tower.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 27 Jan. 2026
The strike is based on an unfair labor practice charge filed by the National Union of Healthcare Workers against the two Kindred hospitals.
—Pat Maio, Oc Register, 27 Jan. 2026
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“Filed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filed. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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