1
as in family
folks plural
a group of persons who come from the same ancestor
her folks have farmed that land for five generations
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as in class
one of the segments of society into which people are grouped
the working-class folk with no airs or pretentions
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Recent Examples of folk
Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Jan. 2025
Mars Ice Cream just released a brand new dessert made just for the chocolate peanut butter folks.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2025
Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
After Carly and Martina, indie band Half-Alive and folk musician Liza Anne finished off the series for the day.
—Elena Weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
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Noun
But make no mistake: Mifepristone has been thoroughly studied over several decades and the results of that research clearly demonstrate its safety and efficacy for folks who want to end a pregnancy in the first trimester.
—Korin Miller, SELF, 29 Jan. 2025
Mars Ice Cream just released a brand new dessert made just for the chocolate peanut butter folks.
—Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Southern Living, 29 Jan. 2025
Adjective
This year, the event will feature more folk dancing groups, Plevrakis said, and guests can enjoy a DJ on Friday and Sunday, plus a live band on Saturday.
—Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 13 June 2019
After Carly and Martina, indie band Half-Alive and folk musician Liza Anne finished off the series for the day.
—Elena Weissmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 July 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folk
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Entire families were killed while sheltering in Rafah.—
Anas Baba,
NPR,
25 Jan. 2025
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The Placer County Sheriff’s Office arrested a man Thursday in connection to the fentanyl poisoning death of a 20-year-old man who’s family has become outspoken advocates about the dangers of the deadly drug.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacramento Bee,
25 Jan. 2025
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Serotonin Antagonists Serotonin antagonists are a class of prescription medications approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat nausea and vomiting caused by chemotherapy, radiation therapy, and anesthesia.—
Ayesha Gulzar,
Verywell Health,
4 Feb. 2025
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All over northern Nigeria, these children roam the streets instead of attending classes.—
Ogar Monday,
The Christian Science Monitor,
4 Feb. 2025
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The Academy, along with its MusiCares organization, launched the Los Angeles Fire Relief Effort to raise money for people in the music industry who were affected by the fires, raising and pledging more than $4 million so far.—
Tiffany Kelly,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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Trump first floated the idea of Egypt and Jordan taking in about 1.5 million people from Gaza while addressing reporters aboard Air Force One last month.—
Danielle Wallace,
Fox News,
2 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The guidance — for members to carry their tribal identification cards with them at all times and know their rights if approached — follows what tribal leaders call concerning encounters with immigration officials.—
Ximena Bustillo,
NPR,
29 Jan. 2025
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President Trump is ordering the U.S. Interior Secretary to submit a plan to advance federal recognition for a North Carolina tribe whose legitimacy has been questioned by tribal nations.—
Russell Contreras,
Axios,
23 Jan. 2025
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Following independence and partition, India adopted an explicitly secular constitution that offered protections for religious minorities and other groups, and that banned discrimination by caste.—
Andrew Cockburn,
Harper's Magazine,
20 Aug. 2024
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Bee colonies have a unique social structure split into three castes: the queen, workers, and drones.—
William A. Haseltine,
Forbes,
16 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Covert operations expert Zora Bennett (Johansson) attempts to secure the genetic material from the dinosaurs but ends up stranded with a civilian family on an island that holds a secret being kept from humanity for decades.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
5 Feb. 2025
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The sci-fi/horror flick follows a crew aboard a spaceship called Prometheus who, while seeking the answers to humanity’s origin, find a rogue moon that is home to a malicious, advanced alien species.—
Yasmeen Hamadeh,
People.com,
2 Feb. 2025
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The city of Homs itself is a microcosm of Syria, where Sunni Muslims are the majority, but also where religious and ethnic diversity has long been a point of cultural and national pride.—
Scott Peterson,
The Christian Science Monitor,
31 Jan. 2025
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Brussels froze some funding to Kosovo in 2023 following a series of clashes with ethnic Serb minorities.—
Aurel Obreja,
Chicago Tribune,
31 Jan. 2025
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Questions are surfacing about the level of staffing, given the volume of traffic last night at the airport.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
31 Jan. 2025
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Graduated compression stockings provide the strongest level of compression at the ankle and gradually decrease up the leg.—
Sandra Rose Salathe,
Flow Space,
30 Jan. 2025
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“Folk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folk. Accessed 9 Feb. 2025.
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