as in rubbing
to make smooth by friction
beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist
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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
Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Carroll told The Sacramento Bee that Wednesday’s filing, a 26-page complaint filed in Sacramento Superior Court, came with a 45-day window having passed for the city to respond to a claim filed on June 27.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Things seemed to take a turn in recent years, however, with Edge frequently filing lawsuits alleging that people and organizations were trying to kill him.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Verb
At the time of filing, the restaurant chain operated 20 locations across Texas, North Carolina and Oklahoma.
—Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 3 Oct. 2025
Carroll told The Sacramento Bee that Wednesday’s filing, a 26-page complaint filed in Sacramento Superior Court, came with a 45-day window having passed for the city to respond to a claim filed on June 27.
—Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
Sorry, there is zero scandal, and no one is getting fired or filing for divorce.
—Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
Things seemed to take a turn in recent years, however, with Edge frequently filing lawsuits alleging that people and organizations were trying to kill him.
—Chris Spargo, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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If these documents are protected in the civil courts, almost certainly Department of Justice prosecutors had access to them.—
Lily Mae Lazarus,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Is this focus a consequence of the documents and interview subjects available to you, or is the Revolution best understood by studying its principal revolutionaries?—
Tim Brinkhof,
JSTOR Daily,
8 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Under its new editor, the paper has leaned into unsigned editorials with a centrist bent, publishing nearly one editorial board piece every day.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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Then came the paper booties to cover our feet.—
Ron Arias,
PEOPLE,
5 Oct. 2025
Noun
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As the country achieved independence from British rule, artists debated what new forms of nationhood, identity and art could look like.—
Suyin Haynes,
CNN Money,
8 Oct. 2025
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The fact that an artist will do so in a language that has become a global musical unifier is truly the highest form of flattery.—
Leila Cobo,
Billboard,
8 Oct. 2025
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“Filing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filing. Accessed 10 Oct. 2025.
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