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folder

[fohl-der] / ˈfoʊl dər /
NOUN
paper envelope for holding items
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Rieseberg became a first-time dad in January and has used Cowork to keep track of and analyze a large folder of medical records.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 21, 2026

Then I used vibe coding to write a script that takes all the PDFs in one folder and makes them into one big document.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 16, 2026

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

From MarketWatch • Jan. 29, 2026

The 79-year-old brandished a folder in front of reporters that he said listed 365 achievements since he was sworn in on January 20 last year.

From Barron's • Jan. 20, 2026

He is wearing a trench coat and a pair of horn-rimmed glasses and is holding a manila folder full of official-looking papers.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen