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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 manager showed him the folder that contained the precious trade secret, before locking it away once more.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 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

The lady leads us to a small room that’s just a circle of chairs and a little table with a folder on it, which the lady sits next to.

From "Wayward Creatures" by Dayna Lorentz