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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

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Instead of chatting with Claude, users can point it at a folder on their computer and give it an objective.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 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

Chase pulled a folder out of his go bag.

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith