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folks
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Princeton's WordNet
folksnoun
your parents
"he wrote to his folks every day"
folk, folks, common peoplenoun
people in general (often used in the plural)
"they're just country folk"; "folks around here drink moonshine"; "the common people determine the group character and preserve its customs from one generation to the next"
Wiktionary
folksnoun
The members of one's household; especially one's parents and immediate family.
My folks visit us at Christmas.
folksnoun
People in general; everybody or anybody.
Lots of folks like to travel during the holidays.
ChatGPT
folks
Folks is a plural noun that is used to refer to people or individuals in a casual, friendly and inclusive manner. It is often used to address a group of people or to talk about a group of individuals in a collective sense.
Webster Dictionary
Folks
in Anglo-Saxon times, the people of a group of townships or villages; a community; a tribe
Folks
people in general, or a separate class of people; -- generally used in the plural form, and often with a qualifying adjective; as, the old folks; poor folks
Folks
the persons of one's own family; as, our folks are all well
Etymology: [AS. folc; akin to D. volk, OS. & OHG. folk, G. volk, Icel. flk, Sw. & Dan. folk, Lith. pulkas crowd, and perh. to E. follow.]
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
FOLKS
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Folks is ranked #12861 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Folks surname appeared 2,394 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Folks.
59.6% or 1,429 total occurrences were White.
30.7% or 737 total occurrences were Black.
6.1% or 147 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.8% or 68 total occurrences were of two or more races.
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of folks in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of folks in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of folks in a Sentence
The time for these vanity projects is long gone. Some of these folks, including Beto, have got to face reality, realize they're not going to be president of the United States and look at alternatives.
I came into existence, naked yet clothed with innocence and unaware, bathed with my mother’s blood, old folks heard me cry and were so glad. I came not into this unknown sphere by my own will and I will not leave of my own will but i will drink the wine of the mystery and become drunk with anguish, fear and love. So short, so precious a life, a fragile life under threat.
They would like these folks to win, but on the other hand, they want to test some messages out to see what works, it's very much what you would see at a private sector company.
Chief Executive Officer David Roberts:
I expect them to want to work with us, we need to be talking to folks about relief through the year. If we get that relief we will continue to press on with our programs. If there are other things we need to do in the interim to satisfy those debtholders then we'll certainly do that.
We're going to start ramping up and making sure folks are aware of just how little she gives a damn to not just Arizona Republic, but this country.
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