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filings

[ fahy-lingz ]

plural noun

  1. particles removed by a file.


filings

/ ˈڲɪɪŋ /

plural noun

  1. shavings or particles removed by a file

    iron filings

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of filings1

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; file 2, -ing 1, -s 3
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Example Sentences

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According to court filings, a qualified participant on a women’s team is defined as “a person belonging, at conception, to the sex that produces the large reproductive cell.”

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Similarly, the Becket lawyer insisted that another book tells kids their gender "changes based on the weather," but provides no evidence in the voluminous court filings.

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Court filings indicate that a large metal building finished in the last few months will be the new headquarters of X, his social media platform.

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The Trump administration accuses Abrego Garcia of being a ranking member of the MS-13 gang, but — as judges have noted in court filings — has not provided substantive evidence of such affiliation in court.

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In statements and legal filings, the Trump administration has claimed the students were supporters of Hamas, a U.S.-designated terrorist group, and a threat to U.S. foreign policy goals.

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