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as in family
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
her folks have farmed that land for five generations
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Recent Examples of folks
That, folks, was grade-A gaslighting.
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Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
However, politicians fear union voting power, and renters, landlords and sympathizers are often union folks and align with unions.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Some businesses get folks to shine green lights at them to move them.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
In the United Kingdom, as well as Australia and Ireland, folks often use prawn to describe both animals.
—Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
Some folks can only cry and let out their feelings while being moved by someone else’s story.
—Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
So, there’s a lot of folks spending a lot of time in the traditional way.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
That is chilling and will make many folks think twice before participating in peaceful and constitutionally protected protest.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
No coding experience is required, and Keiser noted that projects can combine design, business and technical skills, areas that lend themselves to folks outside the computer programming community.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 18 Feb. 2026
However, politicians fear union voting power, and renters, landlords and sympathizers are often union folks and align with unions.
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026
Some businesses get folks to shine green lights at them to move them.
—Michael Barnes, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
In the United Kingdom, as well as Australia and Ireland, folks often use prawn to describe both animals.
—Susan Hall Mahon, Southern Living, 18 Feb. 2026
Some folks can only cry and let out their feelings while being moved by someone else’s story.
—Barton Goldsmith, AJC.com, 18 Feb. 2026
So, there’s a lot of folks spending a lot of time in the traditional way.
—Sara Germano, Sportico.com, 18 Feb. 2026
That is chilling and will make many folks think twice before participating in peaceful and constitutionally protected protest.
—Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
No coding experience is required, and Keiser noted that projects can combine design, business and technical skills, areas that lend themselves to folks outside the computer programming community.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 18 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folks
Noun
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In the courtroom will be parents and families from across the US who say their children were harmed — or even died — as a result of social media.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Assemblymember Catherine Stefani, D-San Francisco, said her bill, AB 1846, would allow judges to place a child with a family member at any point during the foster care process.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Trump, he's done things, and then he's continued on with his speech, and then continued on to meet with world leaders.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA Today,
19 Feb. 2026
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Heads started to roll in the business world in 2021, when Apollo Global Management CEO Leon Black and Barclays CEO Jes Staley both stepped down because of their ties to Epstein.—
Matt Egan,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026
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Although some Indigenous tribes in the rainforests were said to have used batrachotoxin from dart frogs for hunting, scientist haven't found any evidence that epibatidine was ever used for that purpose.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
15 Feb. 2026
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Others may study game tape on the competition to prepare scouting reports on their future tribe mates.—
Dalton Ross,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The edgy series lasted two seasons and took on some hot topics like identity, gender, sexuality, conformity and the notion of empathy as an evolving construct of humanity.—
Jeff Spry,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2026
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There is much to share regarding his wishes, love for humanity and the sacredness of time.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
14 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Without my father’s booming presence, our house was strangely quiet.—
Faith Karimi,
CNN Money,
17 Feb. 2026
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Many public spaces within the Mountain House have ADA-compliant routes to enter, exit, and move around the house freely.—
Katie Mathews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The proceeding will also serve as a public reckoning in a case long viewed as one of Austin’s gravest miscarriages of justice — effectively functioning as an official acknowledgment that the men were wrongfully accused and prosecuted.—
Austin Sanders,
Austin American Statesman,
18 Feb. 2026
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When, instead, another Black Democrat from Chicago, Barack Obama, headed toward the Democratic nomination in 2008, Jackson’s frustration spilled into public with a vulgar criticism of Obama caught on microphone.—
Johanna Neuman,
Los Angeles Times,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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The hunt for Brach continued for years while law enforcement officers tracked down intersecting leads that led them to Matlick and a clan of criminal horsemen associated with Brach’s friend Richard Bailey.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Feb. 2026
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Mani Peninsula, Greece Stretching south from the Peloponnese, the Mani Peninsula feels defiantly separate from the rest of Greece with its stone tower houses, built for clan defense, rising from a stark landscape of scrub, sea, and sky.—
Rob Crossan,
Condé Nast Traveler,
16 Feb. 2026
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“Folks.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folks. Accessed 22 Feb. 2026.
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