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as in doubled
to lay one part over or against another part of
fold the blanket so that it will fit inside the trunk
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as in flopped
to be unsuccessful
the business folded after just two months
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Recent Examples of folded
The bill was eventually folded into an Appropriations bill and passed; the National Academies report came out in August 2025.
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Alana Semuels, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Vogue announced that the 22-year-old brand would be folded into the flagship brand’s website on Monday.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Juicy blueberries are folded into the citrusy batter to add an extra layer of tartness.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
Many teams would have folded under the injury adversity that San Francisco has already faced this season.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
In 1975, the company folded, by then owned by the same corporation that failed with Minnie Pearl Fried Chicken stands.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
This can be folded down between uses.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
There was a distinct set of tales dealing with demons who collected idle chatter in churches, and, over time, these stories were folded into the expanding legend of Tutivillus.
—JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Alana Semuels, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
Finishes tolerably folded, right-side out.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Nov. 2025
Vogue announced that the 22-year-old brand would be folded into the flagship brand’s website on Monday.
—Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 3 Nov. 2025
Juicy blueberries are folded into the citrusy batter to add an extra layer of tartness.
—Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 2 Nov. 2025
Many teams would have folded under the injury adversity that San Francisco has already faced this season.
—Evan Massey, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
In 1975, the company folded, by then owned by the same corporation that failed with Minnie Pearl Fried Chicken stands.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
This can be folded down between uses.
—New Atlas, 31 Oct. 2025
There was a distinct set of tales dealing with demons who collected idle chatter in churches, and, over time, these stories were folded into the expanding legend of Tutivillus.
—JSTOR Daily, 31 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folded
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The company, which provides infrastructure for AI, reported revenue that more than doubled from a year earlier, beating analyst expectations.—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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Per the Miami Association of Realtors, the average purchase price of single-family homes in Miami-Dade nearly doubled between mid-2020 and mid-2021 alone, jumping from $583,000 to over $1 million in just one year, while the number of cash transactions spiked by 174%.—
Max Klaver,
Miami Herald,
11 Nov. 2025
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Lawrence has been open in past interviews about needing to take a two year break from Hollywood after making 16 movies in six years, a string of which flopped at the box office and only inflamed the public’s negative reception of her.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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In one second-quarter stretch, Smart checked in, hit a jumper, flopped to draw an offensive foul on Curry, then hooked his arm around Curry’s shoulder and wrestled the Warriors star to the floor, earning him a flagrant 1 foul and prompting a celebration from Horford.—
Zack Cox,
Boston Herald,
23 Oct. 2025
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The sofa was so collapsed that getting up from it felt like core strength training.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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And then on Thursday, after most of the show had been written, a man collapsed in the Oval Office, generating an instantly meme-able photograph of the president staring into the camera, looking oblivious to efforts to revive the prone victim at stage left.—
Erik Adams,
The Atlantic,
9 Nov. 2025
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The shutdown began after Democrats and Republicans failed to agree on a government funding bill.—
Aliss Higham,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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If the main goal was to drive African Americans away, the laws failed.—
Equal Justice Initiative,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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Footage of the crash showed a towering wave of smoke and flames billowing skyward near the airport after the low-flying plane struggled to climb and then erupted into an enormous fireball on impact.—
Ray Sanchez,
CNN Money,
8 Nov. 2025
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Memphis struggled out of the gate on Friday night against a motivated Tulane Green Wave team that suffered an upset loss to UTSA in Week 10.—
Jordan Sigler,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Nov. 2025
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“Folded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folded. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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