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fold

[fohld] / foʊld /




VERB
encase, enclose
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Dror Nadel, 27, grew up in an ultra-Orthodox community outside Tel Aviv but left the fold as a teenager and became secular.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

WSJ | Buy Side: This unique makeup bag has sides that fold down, plus smart pockets for keeping cosmetics and other toiletries secure while traveling.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 26, 2026

Eventually you’ll fold in other income, such as Social Security payments, which will help offset what you take out of your investments.

From MarketWatch Aug. 26, 2026

"And if we fold the map up in a different way, we can compare how different groups of animals took different paths from each other after splitting onto different evolutionary paths."

From Science Daily Aug. 25, 2026

A brain "address" can specify left or right hemisphere, the lobe, the nearest ridge or fold, and whether the location is on top or bottom, inside or out, and front or back.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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