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folder

[fohl-der] / ˈfoʊl dər /
NOUN
paper envelope for holding items
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Nearby, another family clutches a folder of old medical reports, hoping the hospital can still save their loved one.

From BBC Jun. 28, 2026

Clutching under his arm a blue folder stuffed with documents, maps, and cadastral surveys, Balliu said he has been threatened several times for trying to assert his rights.

From Barron's Jun. 25, 2026

A simple way to imagine this is like making two photocopies of a document but accidentally placing both copies into the same folder instead of separating them.

From Science Daily May 25, 2026

I have a folder of Latin techno tracks that are specifically with Spanish vocals or Latin percussion.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 21, 2026

Then I took my music folder off my desk, where I’d left it last night.

From "Maybe He Just Likes You" by Barbara Dee

Part of the problem comes in the form of filing cabinets, manila folders and legacy digital databases.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 18, 2026

Reporting by the BBC has suggested devices can periodically capture screenshots, which are then stored in hidden folders accessible to authorities.

From Barron's May 5, 2026

Craig Bellamy takes a seat at his desk and connects his laptop to a projector showing its contents on the opposite wall, the desktop background barely visible behind a maze of files and folders.

From BBC Mar. 23, 2026

If you have multiple returns you’re working on — for yourself and your working teens, for instance, or for your elderly parents — you might need multiple folders.

From MarketWatch Jan. 29, 2026

As I put the things back in their folders, a clipping fluttered to the floor.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson