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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

Filling your folder sometimes means fishing for compliments, which can feel awkward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 29, 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

Stupidly, I’d forgotten to pack my music folder in my backpack this morning, which meant that today I’d be coming to band unprepared, already endangering my position as second chair.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee