1
: an act or instance of using a file
2
: a fragment rubbed off in filing
iron filings
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: an act or instance of filing something
2
: a document filed
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Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
United States 12 Month Oil Fund, LP has submitted its 10-Q filing for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Additionally, Maine has the third-lowest non-business bankruptcy filings per capita.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
In a filing to a federal district judge in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Musk's lawyers said that the giveaway was across several states and that the case should be in federal court, not in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Just months after that special filing window closed in late 2023, the diocese responded by filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.
—Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 10 Nov. 2024
United States 12 Month Oil Fund, LP has submitted its 10-Q filing for the quarterly period ended September 30, 2024.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
Additionally, Maine has the third-lowest non-business bankruptcy filings per capita.
—Laura Begley Bloom, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
In a filing to a federal district judge in Philadelphia on Wednesday, Musk's lawyers said that the giveaway was across several states and that the case should be in federal court, not in the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
—Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Filing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filing. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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