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manila

[muh-nil-uh] / məˈnɪl ə /


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Mr. Kensil handed both of us a manila envelope.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 7, 2026

“I still feel this is a much better and more secure process than loose paper tax documents in a manila folder.”

From MarketWatch Apr. 1, 2026

It alleged that Tellis met repeatedly with Chinese officials at a restaurant in the Washington suburb of Fairfax, Virginia, and that at one dinner he appeared to leave a manila envelope.

From Barron's Oct. 15, 2025

In the Del Norte County Historical Society Museum, which Betlejewski manages, a thin manila folder contains a handful of documents that detail the few known details about Dock.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 9, 2025

She went into the bedroom, turned back her mattress and took from under it a notebook in which she had kept a desultory diary during her thirteenth year, and a square manila envelope.

From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith




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