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In or as if in a record for easy reference. For example, There's no job open right now, but we'll keep your résumé on file . The use of file in the sense of “a collection of papers stored for ready reference” dates from the early 1600s.

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Beckham said these notices were sent out based on addresses the agency had on file, which is likely why at least one was sent out in error.

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Officers have approached the address on file for the pit bull but have not made contact with its owner.

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If he applied in the past and was denied, he could get his first payment next month as long as the agency has his current bank deposit information on file.

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Guo's fingerprints were found to match those on file for a girl from China named Guo Hua Ping, who had arrived in the Philippines alongside her mother, also Chinese, in the early 2000s.

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Federal law requires every employee on a payroll to have a Form I-9 on file.

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