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folder

[fohl-der] / ˈfoʊl dər /
NOUN
paper envelope for holding items
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“He brings with him, like, a two-inch folder stuffed with handwritten stock reports he had written on minor league bus trips,” Houston said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 17, 2026

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

His email had gone into a spam folder, but they were fixing the problem.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Typically, you have to turn on the computer, log in to maybe more than one screen, then open a folder, then click to a document.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

His chair screeched on its back legs as he stood, stuffing his stack of papers into a folder.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron




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