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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
On the table beside him sat the morning edition of the Orlando Sentinel, folded neatly the way only longtime newspaper readers fold a newspaper.
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Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Punishments included withholding food from inmates or forcing them to sit with their arms folded while they were beaten and kicked.
—Raquel Rutledge, ProPublica, 5 May 2026
At one point, even a missing piece turned into part of the logic of the show, another detour folded into the process.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
But their fate is still unclear — the corner could be folded into a future phase of an ongoing redevelopment project.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
His clothes are still folded in the drawer.
—Essence, 4 May 2026
It is designed to be free standing, but there will be seats that can be folded out if fans want to sit.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Once family planning normalized the idea that fertility should be responsibly managed in the public interest, new technologies — notably intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants — were easily folded into that project.
—Sonya Borrero, STAT, 1 May 2026
OpenAI suspects that Musk is using the litigation as a delay tactic while his own AI firm, xAI—recently folded into SpaceX—races to catch up to OpenAI’s lead after the launch of ChatGPT in 2022.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2026
Punishments included withholding food from inmates or forcing them to sit with their arms folded while they were beaten and kicked.
—Raquel Rutledge, ProPublica, 5 May 2026
At one point, even a missing piece turned into part of the logic of the show, another detour folded into the process.
—Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 4 May 2026
But their fate is still unclear — the corner could be folded into a future phase of an ongoing redevelopment project.
—Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2026
His clothes are still folded in the drawer.
—Essence, 4 May 2026
It is designed to be free standing, but there will be seats that can be folded out if fans want to sit.
—CBS News, 1 May 2026
Once family planning normalized the idea that fertility should be responsibly managed in the public interest, new technologies — notably intrauterine devices and contraceptive implants — were easily folded into that project.
—Sonya Borrero, STAT, 1 May 2026
OpenAI suspects that Musk is using the litigation as a delay tactic while his own AI firm, xAI—recently folded into SpaceX—races to catch up to OpenAI’s lead after the launch of ChatGPT in 2022.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 27 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folded
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The first Gulf War, in 1991, doubled oil prices and sparked inflation.—
Sudarsan Raghavan,
New Yorker,
28 Apr. 2026
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Williams doubled-down on his beliefs when asked and pointed to multiple lawsuits that have been brought against Jones accusing him of using his position as Lieutenant Governor to push money into his own campaign.—
Irene Wright,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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Under Cook, the company has become less surprising but massively financially successful; some of Apple’s newer products have flopped or underperformed, but far more have become and stayed excellent thanks to years of competent iteration.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
24 Apr. 2026
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Cuomo’s podcast and mayoral bid flopped.—
Jon Allsop,
New Yorker,
15 Apr. 2026
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His 69-year-old wife was transferred to South Africa at the same time but collapsed at a Johannesburg airport and died at a nearby hospital, the South African Department of Health said.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
4 May 2026
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His wife later collapsed and died at Johannesburg’s international airport while attempting to return home.—
Antonio María Delgado,
Miami Herald,
4 May 2026
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The comeback attempt eventually failed, though.—
Fiifi Frimpong,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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Bores, presumably, had already failed as well.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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The more epistemically rigorous elements in the coalition have struggled to make common cause with these lower-information voters.—
Gideon Lewis-Kraus,
New Yorker,
7 May 2026
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Both struggled with foul trouble, and the Knicks outscored Philly 56-30 in the paint, yet the Sixers were still a few baskets away from evening the best-of-seven series.—
Peter Sblendorio,
New York Daily News,
7 May 2026
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“Folded.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folded. Accessed 11 May. 2026.
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