folks

Example Sentences

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"I think their theory is there are enough folks for whom that's enough that you get to 51%."

From BBC • May 18, 2026

The inevitability of what is happening seems pretty clear for folks in the energy community, because of the timing of all this.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

But as inflation has pushed up incomes, most folks who now pay the taxes are solidly middle class.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

“That’s really why you want to have these folks in proximity to a state-of-the-art hospital, where they could potentially get put on ECMO.”

From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026

How spirits had clocks in the afterlife, or why dead folks would need to know the time was not questioned.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock