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manila

[muh-nil-uh] / məˈnɪl ə /


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“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

A wrinkled manila folder with her husband’s birth certificate and tax returns was on Mercedes’ lap.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

At one dinner, Tellis entered with a manila envelope but did not appear to leave with it, and on two occasions the Chinese officials presented him a gift bag, the affidavit said.

From Barron's • Oct. 14, 2025

Out came minifridges and folding tables and stacks of files in manila folders, shuffling past metal guardrails and security guards and piled into cabs.

From Slate • Jul. 17, 2025

Then she took my old essay out of the manila folder—which was still on top of her desk—and put in the new essay.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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