filings

noun

plural of filing
as in documents

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Recent Examples of filings Quarterly filings are often where deterioration, aggressive accounting, and outright fraud are first detected; the watchdogs work the filing calendar. — Shivaram Rajgopal, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026 The claims potentially push the matter closer to court, as such filings can be a precursor to filing a lawsuit. — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
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  1. documents
  2. papers
  3. forms
Noun
  • The new changes in the electoral law ease some requirements for candidates seeking office, eliminate the need for some financial documents and a mandatory medical certificate, and introduce electronic voter registration.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
  • But an owners representative claims that part of the problem was Erica and Peter dragging their feet on providing backup documents for their application package.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of documents
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  • Less than a month after astonishing the world with its solution to the long-standing Navier-Stokes problem, OpenAI has released 722 maths papers, proving or disproving problems across numerous fields from algebraic geometry to number theory.
    — Will Barker, TheWeek, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Alan Burnham, an architect and author who served on the Landmarks Preservation Commission, had started receiving key books and papers on New York buildings from people who didn’t know where else to send them.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of papers
Noun
  • New worlds, new characters, new forms and disruptive genres are becoming the need of the hour.
    — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Bubonic plague will often advance and turn into the other two forms of plague if untreated.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of forms

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“Filings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filings. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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