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as in collapses
to be unsuccessful
the business folded after just two months
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as in packs
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 folds
Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
The blanket can be used on a comfortable surface like a couch, folds neatly for storage or travel, and provides a versatile at-home sauna experience without taking up a dedicated space.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2025
The collection also introduces standout accessories, including the Tiger Tote, crafted from canvas that fuses graffiti and floral prints, and the Karate Bag, distinguished by its supple leather construction that folds gracefully into a sculptural form.
—Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
In slow movements, each gunmetal gray robot grabs a towel by its corners, flattens it out, folds it twice, and deposits it into the basket.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
The flap that folds out at the front has a zippered mesh pouch for stashing your charging cables and electronic accessories, and on the outside of the bag are even more additional pockets.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Billy reluctantly goes along with it, while Mary, watching far away in Scotland, folds her disappointment up like laundry and gets on with business of waiting for her two friends to snap out of it.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
The book folds wisdom into instruction, speaking to the political landscape, her childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the stories of her great-grandmother, who was a slave.
—Samantha Brown, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
The play then folds itself in half, like a man with a bellyache.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
Scrub with the cloth or a toothbrush, getting into any folds and crevices.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Intertrigo typically occurs in areas with skin folds, such as the armpit region.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Its plumpness was waning, its folds disappearing.
—Literary Hub, 16 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
For more than a decade, the uncertainty lingered — until the study of paper folds began to suggest a way forward.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
The patacabra wooden tool, which is used to set folds and seams on leather goods and is personal to each craftsperson, is also given star treatment here.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
The American Society for Microbiology said that warm, moist skin folds are more likely to collect microbes.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Verb
Brackett also folds multi-purpose activities into her life, like going to get massages or taking walks.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
The blanket can be used on a comfortable surface like a couch, folds neatly for storage or travel, and provides a versatile at-home sauna experience without taking up a dedicated space.
—Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 20 Oct. 2025
The collection also introduces standout accessories, including the Tiger Tote, crafted from canvas that fuses graffiti and floral prints, and the Karate Bag, distinguished by its supple leather construction that folds gracefully into a sculptural form.
—Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2025
In slow movements, each gunmetal gray robot grabs a towel by its corners, flattens it out, folds it twice, and deposits it into the basket.
—Billy Perrigo, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
The flap that folds out at the front has a zippered mesh pouch for stashing your charging cables and electronic accessories, and on the outside of the bag are even more additional pockets.
—Olivia Young, Travel + Leisure, 8 Oct. 2025
Billy reluctantly goes along with it, while Mary, watching far away in Scotland, folds her disappointment up like laundry and gets on with business of waiting for her two friends to snap out of it.
—Jessica Kiang, Variety, 4 Oct. 2025
The book folds wisdom into instruction, speaking to the political landscape, her childhood in Knoxville, Tennessee, and the stories of her great-grandmother, who was a slave.
—Samantha Brown, NBC news, 4 Oct. 2025
The play then folds itself in half, like a man with a bellyache.
—Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
And Hermès is ready to take that styling into its folds, with Wales Bonner’s first collection for the brand making its debut in January 2027.
—Nicole Hoey, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2025
Scrub with the cloth or a toothbrush, getting into any folds and crevices.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2025
Intertrigo typically occurs in areas with skin folds, such as the armpit region.
—Sherri Gordon, Health, 17 Oct. 2025
Its plumpness was waning, its folds disappearing.
—Literary Hub, 16 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
For more than a decade, the uncertainty lingered — until the study of paper folds began to suggest a way forward.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
The patacabra wooden tool, which is used to set folds and seams on leather goods and is personal to each craftsperson, is also given star treatment here.
—Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025
The American Society for Microbiology said that warm, moist skin folds are more likely to collect microbes.
—Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folds
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Singles for the hairline, doubles just behind, multis where volume helps.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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All these excellent, exacting details coexist well with each other to produce one of Lanthimos’s best films yet, a movie of startling ingenuity that also doubles as a humorous but pointed warning to us all.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
22 Oct. 2025
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The notion that the catastrophe stems from inadequate defense spending collapses the moment the interceptors fail.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
24 Oct. 2025
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When the ceiling collapses in her Montauk apartment, she’s forced to move to a bleak low-rent motel.—
Stephen Schaefer,
Boston Herald,
15 Oct. 2025
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It was started to rival Tesla's home energy systems and provide battery packs, EV chargers and software to help customers optimize charging and ride out electric grid disruptions.—
Michael Wayland,
CNBC,
22 Oct. 2025
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Murray had a fatal motor-neuron disease, and had reportedly accepted the job in exchange for a shipping container’s worth of cigarettes—twenty thousand packs.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
20 Oct. 2025
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Amina blows her mom a kiss and then flops down in her crib, pretending to be asleep.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Oct. 2025
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At one point, Alex comes over to recheck his map and, seeing Rizo attempt to analyze his work, flops over on the puzzle, causing Rizo to pause.—
Jason P. Frank,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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The state alleged that Amazon doesn’t go far enough to find reasonable accommodations for employees upon request and fails to consider whether a different accommodation or work location would be a match for an employee who is pregnant or has a disability.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
27 Oct. 2025
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If Washington fails to even mildly improve relations with Brazil, India, and South Africa, Beijing and Moscow will toast their good luck.—
Richard Fontaine,
Foreign Affairs,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Instead of disclosing her condition to her employer and circles of friends, Sickler pulled back from modeling with little explanation, thinking that the absence of her hair would certainly result in the loss of her contract.—
Zoey Lyttle,
PEOPLE,
23 Oct. 2025
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Using the back of a spoon, spread the batter into 2 ½-inch circles.—
Jenavieve Christensen,
Better Homes & Gardens,
23 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The show follows Snow's Sophie, who struggles to adjust to a new life in Texas but forms a close and complicated bond with Akerman's Margo.—
Brenton Blanchet,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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Many believe if Gabriel struggles again Sunday against the Patriots that the Browns could use the following week’s bye to prepare Sanders for his first career start against the Jets the following week.—
Michael Gallagher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Oct. 2025
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The Jamaican government issued mandatory evacuation orders on Sunday for the most vulnerable coastal communities, according to CNN.—
Abigail Adams,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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In recent days, the grassroots effort has spread, as messages offering and seeking assistance are cut, copied and pasted throughout communities big and small, connecting neighbors and finding those in need tangible help.—
Alisha Ebrahimji,
CNN Money,
29 Oct. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Folds.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folds. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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