file folder
Americannoun
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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
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
Ms. Blackburn was barred from the university’s supercomputing cluster — with her file folder labeled “Bitcoin,” she was suspected of mining the cryptocurrency.
From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2022
Doesn’t take cognac with the men, as her hands are full holding the captain’s file folder and gloves and hat during all the small talk.
From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein
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