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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2
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
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
Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
Suddenly, our interview is a folk-rock conference call.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
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Noun
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
Adjective
Well, folks, the rumors are true.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 16 Sep. 2025
Suddenly, our interview is a folk-rock conference call.
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 16 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for folk
Noun
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Some Wordlers also play Competitive Wordle against friends, family, the Wordle Bot or even against me, your humble narrator.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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My deepest condolences and prayers are with Trey's family during this difficult time.—
James Bickerton,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Also, while the 16 Plus' battery life isn’t class-leading, its 167-nit brightness at our 50% testing setting is impressive, particularly compared with the Asus and Samsung.—
Charles Jefferies,
PC Magazine,
18 Sep. 2025
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On the other hand, demand from Latin America, for example, has grown so much that Yiwu officials have supported Spanish classes for local merchants.—
Evelyn Cheng,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The agency’s epidemiologists also continue to assist state, local, and tribal health departments when they’re faced with particularly challenging outbreaks, such as the rabies infections that have turned up in unusually high numbers this year.—
Keren Landman,
The Atlantic,
17 Sep. 2025
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The alternative to stepping up is watching our democracy continue its descent into tribal warfare where political opponents become enemies to be eliminated rather than fellow citizens to be persuaded.—
Margie Warrell,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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It’s still structured around caste, with deep inequalities, suppressed women’s rights, minority oppression and countless ethnic divisions.—
Koray Köse,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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The macro 20th century Western rhetoric about Catholic charity can surely be critiqued for not engaging with the driving ideological role of caste, but that is not the interest of nor the purview of this film.—
Ritesh Mehta,
IndieWire,
27 Aug. 2025
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While detailing the first in-person meeting between her and Rodríguez, Pascal spoke about the specific rhetoric that trans actors sometimes come up against, which is that trans actors should connect with trans subjects based solely on identity, rather than the many other aspects of their humanity.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
15 Sep. 2025
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The way humanity finally got to the level of ChatGPT was not by comprehending intelligence well enough to craft an intelligent mind.—
Nate Soares,
The Atlantic,
15 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Rohingya are not among the 135 ethnic groups officially recognized by Myanmar and are denied full citizenship.—
Esha Mitra,
CNN Money,
14 Sep. 2025
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Participants were mostly White; results may not apply equally across all racial and ethnic groups.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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At every level—executive, judicial, legislative, corporate, institutional, media—every single guardrail that is supposed to protect our democracy is buckling.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
20 Sep. 2025
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Sea-level rise has long been a pesky issue at the Coliseum, presenting problems for the buyers’ goals of eventually transforming the property into a new hub of live sports, entertainment, restaurants, retail, hotels and new housing.—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lisa Lake/Getty Images for MoveOn Ben & Jerry's has become known for more than its ice cream, garnering publicity for championing a number of social causes relating to climate change, racial justice and immigration.—
Hugh Cameron
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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Attiah then suggested that her firing was just another part of a racial purge.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Folk.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folk. Accessed 21 Sep. 2025.
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