as in rubbing
to make smooth by friction
beautifully filed nails that obviously had been done by a manicurist
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as in marching
to move along with a steady regular step especially in a group
to the strains of that familiar music, this year's graduating class filed into the auditorium
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Recent Examples of filing
David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The 2026 tax filing season has begun, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is now receiving and processing millions of returns.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2026
Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
The child tax credit starts to phase out, or get smaller, once income exceeds $200,000 for single filers or $400,000 for married couples filing taxes together.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
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Noun
Her campaign had already scheduled a reelection fundraiser for next week — after the filing deadline for mayoral candidates.
—David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2026
The 2026 tax filing season has begun, and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is now receiving and processing millions of returns.
—Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 7 Feb. 2026
Verb
As the 2026 tax season begins, the Internal Revenue Service has outlined key deadlines for taxpayers filing returns and making payments for 2025 income taxes.
—Dallas Morning News, 6 Feb. 2026
The child tax credit starts to phase out, or get smaller, once income exceeds $200,000 for single filers or $400,000 for married couples filing taxes together.
—Kate Dore, Cfp®, Ea, CNBC, 6 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for filing
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The documents appear to show that Andrew forwarded Epstein reports about Vietnam, Singapore and other places, which he had been sent in relation to an official trip.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
12 Feb. 2026
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Earlier this week, after lawmakers said the names of several high-profile figures had been concealed in the documents without clear legal reasons, the department also moved to un-redact more than a dozen additional names.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
11 Feb. 2026
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After hours of House of Commons debate, a vote was averted when the government gave in to lawmakers' anger and agreed that the Intelligence and Security Committee would decide what papers should be published, rather than a senior civil servant as Starmer had proposed.—
JILL LAWLESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
Arkansas Online,
5 Feb. 2026
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The proposal would ban the sale and distribution of single-use plastic water bottles and paper cartons of still water under one gallon in the eastern portion of the county, from Donner Summit to North Lake Tahoe.—
Conor McGill,
CBS News,
5 Feb. 2026
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The lesson came in the form of a book about eating less, handed to her by a male co-star.—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
11 Feb. 2026
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Berkeley has had some form of police oversight for decades, starting with the Police Review Commission formed in 1973.—
Sierra Lopez,
Mercury News,
11 Feb. 2026
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“Filing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/filing. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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