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folder

[fohl-der] / ˈfoʊl dər /
NOUN
paper envelope for holding items
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His manager showed him the folder that contained the precious trade secret, before locking it away once more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

That’s how I took a folder full of past emails and extracted the email addresses of each person who emails me regularly.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

You might need to go to portals and download documents, and save them in your online folder.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

The 79-year-old brandished a folder in front of reporters that he said listed 365 achievements since he was sworn in on January 20 last year.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

Slamming it closed, I toss it on my nightstand, which knocks off the folder of Pops’s puzzles, which of course lands on its end, dumping the loose paper every which way.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam