file folder
Americannoun
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file folders
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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
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
She keeps a file folder at home of “little notes that say ‘hey you made a difference.’”
From Seattle Times ● May 8, 2022
They later found that name in the file folder for Ms. Hover’s case.
From New York Times ● Jul. 24, 2021
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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