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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
Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Behavioral appeal might be part of why brachycephalic breeds stay popular despite serious health problems, which includes breathing problems, skin fold infections, and eye issues.
—New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2025
Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
His is a return to the WBD fold, having previously worked at Warner Bros. International as Manager, International TV Distribution in London and, before that, as part of the Strategy team between the UK capital and Los Angeles.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 July 2025
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Verb
Specifically, Rubio has folded USAID into the State Department, something that countries like Australia and the U.K. did years ago.
—Michael Gfoeller and David H. Rundell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Aug. 2025
Behavioral appeal might be part of why brachycephalic breeds stay popular despite serious health problems, which includes breathing problems, skin fold infections, and eye issues.
—New Atlas, 7 Aug. 2025
Noun
He was welcomed back into the WWE fold and the Hall of Fame in 2018.
—Rhett Bartlett, HollywoodReporter, 24 July 2025
His is a return to the WBD fold, having previously worked at Warner Bros. International as Manager, International TV Distribution in London and, before that, as part of the Strategy team between the UK capital and Los Angeles.
—Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 23 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for fold
Verb
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The foundation of this investment thesis lies in the belief that Fortinet's revenue could potentially double within the next four to five years.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The Game & Network Services segment also showed strong momentum, with sales rising 8% to $6.34 billion and operating income more than doubling to $1 billion.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
7 Aug. 2025
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Field gave a presentation to the startup’s board, self-assuredly outlining his research about the features users loved and which ones flopped.—
Allie Garfinkle,
Fortune,
1 Aug. 2025
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Iron Sushi, 9030 SW 72nd Pl., South Miami-Dade Routine inspection, 28 total violations, one High Priority violation Iron Sushi stands as a restaurant ironman of failure, flopping on inspections Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.—
David J. Neal
August 1,
Miami Herald,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Natalia buys a pack of cigarettes, sells them at the train station, one cigarette at a time.—
Ilya Kaminsky
August 20,
Literary Hub,
20 Aug. 2025
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My kids are getting into baseball cards, and I (Chad) randomly bought them a couple of packs of Donruss the other day.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
19 Aug. 2025
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To obtain the copper ore, Resolution, which is owned by multinational companies Rio Tinto and BHP, will use a method known as block cave mining in which tunnels are drilled beneath the ore body, and then collapsed, leaving the ore to be moved to a crushing facility.—
Debra Utacia Krol,
AZCentral.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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In 2018, two big Chinese tech companies, ZTE and Fujian Jinhua, nearly collapsed after being cut off from American technology.—
DAN WANG,
Foreign Affairs,
19 Aug. 2025
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The fiery right-hander tied a season-high with 10 strikeouts over six strong inning after giving up a leadoff homer, Manny Machado ended a 14-game RBI drought and the Padres beat the Giants 5-1 in front of a sellout crowd of 40,624 to snap a four-game skid.—
Jeff Sanders,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 Aug. 2025
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The double-header, different gender matches create some momentum for a home atmosphere and that has converted into record-breaking crowds of up to 15,000.—
Tim Ellis,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Verb
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Crucially, many systems still fail to consider complexities like second marriages, age diversity, regional variation or cross-cultural compatibility.—
Anuradha Gupta,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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And residents who fail to remove water from outdoor receptacles could face fines and the possibility of having their electricity turned off.—
Jade Walker,
CNN Money,
7 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Present your pitch to this circle and carefully note their feedback to improve the pitch even further.—
Bihag Karnani,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Jay Thelin, whose appearance was relatively conventional — a low bar in his circle — went to the city’s Recreation and Parks Department to get a permit and found a brand-new person in charge, assistant supervisor of recreation Peter Ashe, a bearded Haight Street sympathizer.—
Dennis McNally,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
Verb
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The state’s newest theory is that Zeigler wore a raincoat while shooting his wife and mother-in-law (who was shot with two different guns) and struggling with his father-in-law — despite the customer having the father-in-law’s blood soaked into his pants.—
Gail Hollenbeck,
The Orlando Sentinel,
15 Aug. 2025
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Some team that struggles to hit southpaws will surely want to add him to their lineup.—
Jackson Roberts,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 Aug. 2025
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“Fold.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fold. Accessed 25 Aug. 2025.
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