file folder

American

noun

a thin cardboard folder of a size to be stored in the drawer of a file cabinet and for containing correspondence and other files.

Example Sentences

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"I took the crumpled sheets, smoothed them out, read the crazy leaping lines, smiled to myself at the leaps that never landed and then put the sheets into a file folder," he added.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2025

According to the officials, a person handing the playing of the national anthems accidentally chose the protesters’ song saved in a computer file folder named “Hong Kong.”

From Seattle Times • Nov. 13, 2022

I started a Google Doc tracking every letter, email and phone call; a physical file folder, soon bulging, kept everything in one place.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2022

The signed document said the file folder being handed over contained “all documents that are responsive to the subpoena.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 30, 2022

I hold out the file folder with two hands.

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali

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