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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for filings
  1. documents
  2. papers
  3. forms
Noun
  • The documents also included physical descriptions of the accused.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The conversational layer may be what a borrower sees, but the difficult work happens deeper in the stack, where documents, rules, calculations, decisions, and transaction states have to remain connected.
    — Ethan Stone, Sacbee.com, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of documents
Noun
  • Inside was a tumble of papers, some moldy, some with partial footprints, leaves and twigs interspersed among the pages.
    — Anja Aronowsky Cronberg, New Yorker, 24 Oct. 2026
  • And though papers in Washington State such as the Seattle Times have mentioned the protests, nobody in legacy media is criticizing the boy's participation.
    — Matt Calkins OutKick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of papers
Noun
  • But opponents have argued that other forms of infrastructure such as drones or surveillance towers are just as effective and a lot less expensive than the wall plans.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Most of that evidence comes from studies of clove extracts or concentrated forms, not from a single clove steeped in a mug of coffee.
    — Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of forms

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