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file folder

American  

noun

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


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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

Investigators, who handle about 200 cases yearly, are given a manila file folder containing a name, birthdate and little else for each death.

From Seattle Times Jan. 4, 2024

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 grabbed a file folder and in large black permanent marker wrote “Make the seat.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2022

“Pearl?” she said, checking the file folder in her hands.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng

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