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  • noun informal A Filipino.

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Examples

  • The Bruins brought in a standout class of offensive linemen last season, but freshman Xavier Su'a-Filo is off on a two-year church mission, and freshman Stanley Hasiak appears to have left the program.

    Ucla - Team Notes 2010

  • Link the (employment) relationship between Brin/Page and Yang/Filo is a fascinating bit of revisionist history spin … as Charles Dickens once put it “Facts are to Truth as Dates are to History” — delta 7777

    How Google’s Checkbook Stymied Microsoft - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008

  • Filo is very forgiving of mistakes, rips, tears, whatever.

    Filo Tips and Recipe for Greek Leek Pie – Prasopita (Πρασόπιτα) Laurie Constantino 2008

  • Disseminated gold and silver mineralization has been found in a zone subparallel to the Los Hilos ridge called Filo De Oro.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2009

  • Another type of board, called a Filo, allows the operator to draw lines by lacing strings across a two-dimensional surface.

    The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal:Today's Headlines 2008

  • '09-'10, for which she set up a local factory (it's called Filo Garment Factory, located in Northwest Portland) to do the sample / production work, she's come another step closer:

    Portland Mercury 2009

  • Mr. Yang, who co-founded Yahoo along with David Filo 16 years ago, is raising hackles because of his multiple roles at the company.

    At Yahoo, Yang's Dual Roles Are Under Fire Anupreeta Das 2011

  • Among other options, Mr. Yang together with Yahoo's bankers have discussed creating an ownership group consisting of Mr. Yang and Mr. Filo—who collectively own around 10% of Yahoo's shares—with a buyer who would take another roughly 20% stake, these people said.

    At Yahoo, Yang's Dual Roles Are Under Fire Anupreeta Das 2011

  • Of course, if Yang and David Filo had bought Google instead of licensing it and helping it dominate the search field, Yahoo might not have been in its current predicament.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

  • Of course, if Yang and David Filo had bought Google instead of licensing it and helping it dominate the search field, Yahoo might not have been in its current predicament.

    In the Plex Steven Levy 2011

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