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fold

[fohld] / foʊld /




VERB
encase, enclose
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"Proteins are the cell's molecular machines, and many of them need sugar tags added in just the right way to fold correctly, travel to the right place and do their jobs," Gentry said.

From Science Daily • Jun. 10, 2026

Other index providers are going well out of their way to bring SpaceX into the fold.

From Slate • Jun. 5, 2026

Rodgers told reporters that he had thought he was likely finished playing after Tomlin left, but he started thinking about returning once his former coach of 14 years was in the fold.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2026

Amid the turmoil, proposals were floated at various points to fold OpenAI into Musk’s electric-car maker Tesla or merge it with Anthropic.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Autumn hands me my dashiki and I fold it around my neck.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer




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