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as in to flop
to be unsuccessful
the business folded after just two months
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as in pack
a group of people sharing a common interest and relating together socially
ready to welcome their old Liberal friend back into the fold
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Recent Examples of fold
Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The announcement also follows low-cost Icelandic carrier Play Airlines decision to fold, ceasing operations and canceling all remaining flights.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
Yoga With Kassandra, Outside, 11 Oct. 2025
Decoding the body’s folds The team used advanced EpiSwitch® 3D Genomics technology from Oxford BioDynamics to study how DNA folds within cells, a process that affects which genes turn on or off.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Verb
Berman was tasked with ensuring the NWSL’s fate did not resemble that of its predecessors, Women’s United Soccer Association (WUSA) and Women’s Professional Soccer (WPS), which both failed financially and folded in 2003 and 2012, respectively.
—Melanie Anzidei, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
The announcement also follows low-cost Icelandic carrier Play Airlines decision to fold, ceasing operations and canceling all remaining flights.
—Michael Cappetta, Travel + Leisure, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
Come into a forward fold, targeting the back of your right hip as well as your hamstrings.
—Yoga With Kassandra, Outside, 11 Oct. 2025
Decoding the body’s folds The team used advanced EpiSwitch® 3D Genomics technology from Oxford BioDynamics to study how DNA folds within cells, a process that affects which genes turn on or off.
—Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 9 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fold
Verb
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After a study also showed that gas bills could double over the next 15 years, state regulators reined in the program and ordered the utility to focus on the pipelines at most risk of leaking.—
NPR,
NPR,
13 Oct. 2025
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Try a present that doubles as a date night, like an espresso martini kit or cheeky card game.—
Christa Joanna Lee,
Glamour,
13 Oct. 2025
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The film flopped theatrically when it was released in 1993, but became a cult classic and staple during the Halloween season and at drag shows.—
Althea Legaspi,
Rolling Stone,
18 Oct. 2025
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The following year would bring her signature role as Emma Fairfax in Richard Fleischer’s big-budget box office flop musical adaptation of Doctor Dolittle (1967) also starring Rex Harrison and Anthony Newley.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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In Pecos, a West Texas oil-field town dotted with man camps, equipment yards, and the occasional roofless adobe structure melting into the scrub, packs of stray dogs congregated by the gas stations and the elementary schools.—
Rachel Monroe,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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But if there is a wild pack of them out there still.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Some stars collapsed to the sea floor, dissolved into piles of goo.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
17 Oct. 2025
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The South Lebanon Army has just collapsed and Hezbollah are advancing fast while Israel is withdrawing its troops from Lebanon six weeks before its July deadline.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
17 Oct. 2025
Noun
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His campaign already claims 6,000 volunteers and his town hall appearances have drawn large crowds.—
NPR,
NPR,
14 Oct. 2025
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Police say Balmer broke in through the southern wing of the residence, into a room often used to entertain crowds and display art.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
14 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Semafor traced it to a pair of US life insurers that had funneled policyholders’ cash to 777’s Bermudan reinsurer, which invested it into sports teams, airplanes, a payday lender, and a failing budget airline, among other bets generally unsuited for insurance guarantees.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
18 Oct. 2025
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Yet Britain failed to capitalize on the success, underestimating the American ability to regroup and continue fighting.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The firm’s advisory board has included retired military and national security officials, giving it deep reach into federal contracting circles.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
13 Oct. 2025
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Israel remains fully and unequivocally committed to the Abraham Accords, to expanding the circle of peace, deepening our partnerships, and ensuring that the promise of stability, prosperity, and coexistence becomes the enduring legacy of our generation.—
Yossi Shelley,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
Verb
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According to Edwards, Brooke deliberately portrayed Arabella as struggling to adapt to her new home and her Canadian identity.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
18 Oct. 2025
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As the team struggles with grief, Sharon decides to pull Station 42 off active duty entirely, rather than assign a new captain.—
Alamin Yohannes,
Entertainment Weekly,
18 Oct. 2025
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“Fold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fold. Accessed 21 Oct. 2025.
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