master file
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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There can be no question that “intentionally marking people who are still living as dead” in the master file “is unheard of and improper,” Flick stated.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 16, 2025
The IRS had been trying to replace the master file for more than a decade but then decided to reassign employees to other work.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 24, 2023
Take the Yahoo hiccup: What likely happened was that the offending URL, https://occupywallst.org, was added to a spam filter master file.
From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2011
Currently Dr. Van Kirk is preparing a "master file" of U. S. peace-lovers' names.
From Time Magazine Archive
Kweiros snapped the communicator off, sat back to drum idly on his desk, then got up and walked over to his master file control board.
From Indirection by Kelly Freas
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