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 project will include 121 boutique homes geared toward older adults, office space, a parking garage and a rooftop restaurant and bar, according to city documents.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026
  • In October 2025, Baumgarten dropped his claims against both Opera Carolina and Williams, court documents show.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso July 24, Charlotte Observer, 24 July 2026
Definition of documents
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  • Five people entered the business and one threatened an employee with a handgun while the others stole boxes containing vaping devices, cartridges and dozens of packs of rolling papers, police said.
    — Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 20 July 2026
  • Wind, too, considers a quest for box and papers to be misguided.
    — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 20 July 2026
Definition of papers
Noun
  • Practitioners must also administer informed consent forms before proceeding with any sort of treatment, under Florida law.
    — Ella Moore July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • Human faces emerge from distorted forms that appear stretched through time, echoing motifs found in Chan’s earlier titanium sculptures.
    — Anthony DeMarco, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Definition of forms

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