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Filing

noun, verb

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any particle that has been removed by a file or similar implement; a shaving.

    "The process left metal filings all over the bench and the part."

  2. 2
    preservation and methodical arrangement as of documents and papers etc. wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of storing documents in an archive; archiving.
  4. 4
    the act of using a file (as in shaping or smoothing an object) wordnet
  5. 5
    Something that has been officially filed; a document on file.

    "Mueller said in a court filing that Cohen had admitted he briefed Trump and unidentified Trump family members about the progress of the project more extensively than was previously known."

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  1. 6
    the entering of a legal document into the public record wordnet
  2. 7
    a fragment rubbed off by the use of a file wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of file form-of, gerund, participle, present

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