RANK AND FILES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

rank and files

noun

plural of rank and file

as in masses

the body of the community as contrasted with the elite the chosen few might have the opportunity for a trip in the space shuttle, but it will be a while before the rank and file are taking space trips

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But that one course, Sugarloaf Golf Club, is also one of the few publics in the Northeast to have made Golf Digest’s Top 100, a Robert Trent Jones II classic with drop dead views on nearly every hole, carved from a gorgeous wilderness teeming with moose and other wildlife.

— Larry Olmsted, Forbes.com, 21 June 2026
Museums are sincerely trying to connect with their publics (even if these are often cast as consumers), and the horizon for that experiment is almost limitless.

— Katy Siegel, Artforum, 2 June 2026

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Fourth of July celebrations in Newport Beach, California, a coastal city in Orange County, led to over 400 arrests after large crowds became disorderly, according to police.

— Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 7 July 2026
Iran’s semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA) wrote about the 1989 funeral earlier this week, describing how the enormous crowds exceeded the numbers expected by authorities.

— Xiaoqian Lin, CNN Money, 6 July 2026

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