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noun

Definition of filingnext
as in document

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filing

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verb (1)

present participle of file
as in rubbing
to make smooth by friction beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist

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filing

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verb (2)

present participle of file
as in marching
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 filing
Noun
For over a decade, the only paper trail of these purchases were offline, stored in filing cabinets, inaccessible to the public. — Amanda Aronczyk, NPR, 23 Oct. 2026 So of every $100 of Meta’s value, about $13 is his, but of every 100 votes, about 61 are his, according to a filing Meta released Wednesday. — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Verb
The Federal Election Commission experienced a filing system outage on Tuesday, hindering candidates and political action committees from filing 24- and 48-hour finance reports with a week to go before the midterm elections. — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 27 Oct. 2026 The Love family responded by filing a federal wrongful death lawsuit against Mundelein and Brigano. — Russell Lissau, Chicago Tribune, 27 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for filing
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filing
  1. document
  2. rubbing
  3. marching
  4. paper
  5. grinding
  6. striding
  7. form
  8. polishing
Noun
  • The subpoenas request any documents and communications related to letters sent in July and October by federal officials to state election officials outlining the allegations about noncitizen voters.
    — Safiyah Riddle, Los Angeles Times, 31 Oct. 2026
  • Her group goes to the scene where an ICE operation is happening, documents it, reminds those being detained of their rights, and alerts neighbors.
    — Jasmine Garsd, NPR, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of document
Verb
  • Oh, and a pad from an HTC Vive, because nobody wants the sharp edges of layered plastic extruded from a 3D printer rubbing against their face.
    — Tim Stevens, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the more envelope-pushing moments, including an extended scene of nuns ripping off their habits and rubbing themselves on a life-sized crucifix, were in the script.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of rubbing
Verb
  • Presley Ann/Getty Images Huerta kept a busy schedule, marching in protests and speaking in cities across the country about race, poverty, LGBTQ+ and women's rights on behalf of her foundation.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026
  • The sea of 100,000 people marching behind them was a wide mix of union members, students, leftists and others unhappy with Macron.
    — Michael Finnegan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of marching
Noun
  • Across bat species, 9 percent are known so far to have odor-producing glands and other structures, but research on this is sparse, according to a 2021 paper in Mammal Review co-authored by Page.
    — Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2026
  • Irate readers called the paper to find out what happened to their beloved comic strip character.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Definition of paper
Verb
  • For decades, junior accountants learned their trade by reconciling accounts, manually entering data, and grinding through the month-end close.
    — Sam Birchall, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
  • This innovation—the mass manufacture of ammonia, vastly more efficient than scraping guano off remote islands or grinding mountains of bison bones—removed the most critical nutrient bottleneck in global agriculture.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of grinding
Verb
  • Nina nodded and looked across the restaurant to watch two tall women, flight attendants, striding resolutely through the concourse, their legs in perfect rhythm.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Rossi is deeply inspired by Umberto Boccioni’s Unique Forms of Continuity in Space, the Futurist sculpture of a figure striding forward, its body fragmented into aerodynamic forms that suggest speed and movement.
    — Alison S. Cohn, Vogue, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of striding
Noun
  • The combination of large-scale pre-training, distributed post-training and feedback-driven learning after deployment forms the basis of GO-3 Preview.
    — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2026
  • Lewy body dementia is the second-most-common form of degenerative dementia, behind Alzheimer’s disease, Vossel said.
    — Iris Kwok, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
Definition of form
Verb
  • Nowadays, machinery like edge polishers make calibration, grinding, shaping and beveling possible with great ease and high-pressure waterjet cutting and polishing systems used for complex contours and sensitive materials.
    — Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Almost all of them seemed empty, like houses closed for the season, but a handful had signs of life—crewmen at the railings, polishing the brightwork, as if getting ready to leave.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of polishing

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