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folder

[fohl-der] / ˈfoʊl dər /
NOUN
paper envelope for holding items
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Nearby, another family clutches a folder of old medical reports, hoping the hospital can still save their loved one.

From BBC • Jun. 28, 2026

Clutching under his arm a blue folder stuffed with documents, maps, and cadastral surveys, Balliu said he has been threatened several times for trying to assert his rights.

From Barron's • Jun. 25, 2026

A simple way to imagine this is like making two photocopies of a document but accidentally placing both copies into the same folder instead of separating them.

From Science Daily • May 25, 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

I always wanted to look in the red folder to see, but felt like that’s an invasion of privacy or something.

From "Free Lunch" by Rex Ogle




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