1
: an act or instance of using a file
2
: a fragment rubbed off in filing
iron filings
1
: an act or instance of filing something
2
: a document filed
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Filip Timotija, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025
The filing portrayed Trump as uniquely able to broker an accord that would keep TikTok operating while preserving national security.
—Sabrina Willmer and Greg Stohr Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
In a handwritten court filing this week, Gunches asked the state Supreme Court to schedule his execution for mid-February for his murder conviction in the 2002 killing of Ted Price.
—CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
The former senator's lawyer told U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein in a filing late Thursday that the court's probation department said federal sentencing guidelines called for a maximum sentence of 24 to 30 years, but the department recommended 12 years in prison.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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In the first quarter of 2024, Fund for Policy Reform, a non-profit founded and funded by Soros, donated $60 million to a liberal Super PAC, Democracy PAC, that backed the Democratic Party candidates during the 2024 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings.
—Filip Timotija, The Hill, 5 Jan. 2025
The filing portrayed Trump as uniquely able to broker an accord that would keep TikTok operating while preserving national security.
—Sabrina Willmer and Greg Stohr Bloomberg News (tns), arkansasonline.com, 5 Jan. 2025
In a handwritten court filing this week, Gunches asked the state Supreme Court to schedule his execution for mid-February for his murder conviction in the 2002 killing of Ted Price.
—CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
The former senator's lawyer told U.S. District Judge Sidney H. Stein in a filing late Thursday that the court's probation department said federal sentencing guidelines called for a maximum sentence of 24 to 30 years, but the department recommended 12 years in prison.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Filing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filing. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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