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folder

[fohl-der] / ˈfoʊl dər /
NOUN
paper envelope for holding items
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Regulars had their usual jotted down in shorthand and kept in a folder to be used as soon as they walked in.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

Then I used vibe coding to write a script that takes all the PDFs in one folder and makes them into one big document.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

Sullivan—a gruff Irish-Catholic variety-show host who could make or break careers—dropped a folder on the table, a dossier of FBI and press clippings, and asked bluntly:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 31, 2026

A good checklist is to go to last year’s tax folder and see what you ended up with in there, and try to match everything with new documents.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Attached to the folder was a note from his father with his cell number in case they needed to get in touch with him.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith