FILED Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

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verb (1)

past tense of file

as in rubbed

to make smooth by friction beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist

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verb (2)

past tense of file

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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Ronen Bar, former head of the agency commonly known as Shin Bet, demanded $965,000 in the suit filed Wednesday. — Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026 Kalshi has filed rehearing petitions asking the Sixth and Ninth Circuits to review their latest rulings, citing the forthcoming CFTC rules. — Eleanor Mueller, semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 In response, the watchdog group Campaign for Accountability filed a complaint Wednesday with the State Bar of California asking it to investigate whether Zacharia misrepresented herself as a lawyer in violation of California law. — Jill Colvin, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 Ronen Bar, former head of the agency commonly known as Shin Bet, demanded 3 million shekels ($965,000) in the suit filed Wednesday. — ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026 On Tuesday, Highlands filed a motion asking a bankruptcy judge to halt the appeal, arguing that it should be automatically paused because of the bankruptcy filing. — Chaewon Chung, Sacbee.com, 15 Oct. 2026 The lawsuit, filed by Florida lawyer Spencer Kuvin, incorporates much of the findings of the Ethics Committee probe, which was eventually made public. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 15 Oct. 2026 Deters filed the lawsuit in Kentucky state court on Thursday. — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026 Attorneys general from Arkansas, Arizona, Idaho, Montana, Iowa, Kansas, West Virginia, and Nebraska filed separate lawsuits against OpenAI on Wednesday. — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026

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The reaction from Chiefs Kingdom rubbed a former player the wrong way.

— Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Oct. 2026
If your mane felt a little fried, a few drops rubbed through the ends would suffice for a quick fix.

— Valeriya Chupinina, Vogue, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of rubbed

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After Little’s kick, the Texans quickly marched into Jacksonville territory.

— Andrew Greif, NBC news, 19 Oct. 2026
Hundreds of thousands of people marched through various cities and protested peacefully but others set fire to the city hall in Limoges, gutting the 19th-century building.

— Sawdah Bhaimiya, CNBC, 19 Oct. 2026

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Whatever marks that remain after pulling the supports away and curing the parts are easily ground or sanded away.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
The craftsmanship is on full display, as each spindle is made from solid wood and hand-sanded a few times to show the thorough detailing.

— Blake Bakkila, Architectural Digest, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of sanded

Verb

As the book shows, into that incredibly fertile downtown atmosphere strode an artist determined to become himself.

— Sean Wilentz, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
Heath jumped out of his skin, composed himself, strode over, grabbed my face in his hands and planted one right on me.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of strode

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Each refillable case secures with a satisfying magnetic closure, and is polished with an alabaster finish.

— Kiana Murden, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
These natural diamonds are often cloudy and oddly shaped, and lose about 25% of their weight as they're cut and polished into what a jeweler would sell, according to Nathan Renfro, senior manager at the Gemological Institute of America.

— LAURA TURBAY, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of polished

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Her car was found the following day with the decal for her tanning business scraped off the window, and her cellphone was recovered from a lake south of Orlando, according to police.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026
Here’s a guy who scraped his dollars together, came to the club, and out of all the people there, he gets pulled on stage by Ol’ Dirty Bastard.

— Christine Imarenezor, VIBE.com, 13 Oct. 2026

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