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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

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

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

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

Connie was a little cheesed off that I’d lied to her about being into government, but then I handed her a file folder.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen