folks

Example Sentences

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The hardest letters to answer are those from folks who have not saved and left it to their 40s or 50s, only to realize they’re running out of runway to reach a comfortable retirement.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

"You can't go complaining that houses are $1m because they aren't. They're $500,000 or $600,000 but the young folks don't want to live 35km from Melbourne," he says.

From BBC • May 12, 2026

As with Instagram, there is the camp of individuals absolutely certain that all the “original content” is AI-generated, and there is another group of folks who think it’s just bad.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“These are the folks Tom needs to listen to.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

If young folks like us can’t sing it, then who can?

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan