Thesaurus results for FOLDER

folder

noun

ˈfōl-dər

Definition of folder

as in booklet

a short printed publication with no cover or with a paper cover a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently

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Recent Examples of folder The news organizations were able to verify the security hole and provided the agency, known by its Spanish initials, CRIM, with a detailed description of the issue that included the specific server and folders that contained the compromised data. — Luis Valentín, ProPublica, 9 July 2026 Microsoft is addressing a Windows 11 bug that caused a folder to take up several gigabytes of storage space. — Emma Roth, The Verge, 7 July 2026 Cesar Peinate, a 59-year-old Venezuelan man, left his appointment on Thursday carrying his immigration paperwork and red passport in a clear folder. — Vera Lucia Pappaterra, Miami Herald, 2 July 2026 Note that EncryptPro can’t encrypt system folders, such as Documents and Pictures. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for folder

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Catalogs, booklets and leave-behinds can carry a brand story longer than a QR code and scroll can.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
Jeopardy’s clue writers appear to have been fooled by a viral tweet that purported to show an image from the original Tetris instruction booklet.

— Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026

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North Korea has remained hostile to President Lee Jae Myung’s overtures despite his efforts to ease tensions, including suspending anti-Pyongyang loudspeaker broadcasts and taking steps to curb the launch of propaganda leaflets by activists.

— Reuters, NBC news, 23 July 2026
In the years of the French Revolution and during the Italian Risorgimento, the itinerants carried in their baskets—hidden below the books—various leaflets and manifestos of secret societies conspiring against the ancien régime.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026

Definition of leaflet

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Signed off waivers as a young flier after training camp last year, Steward played in all 17 games and found himself as the starter in the slot by the end of the season.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 July 2026
Hicks passed out flyers at the restaurant for about an hour-and-a-half but then headed to the Wynwood Walls, which was about a seven-minute drive away.

— Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026

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Buses transported families, including children and teenagers, from Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank, while young activists from Ben Gvir’s and Smotrich’s parties handed out campaign materials and pamphlets.

— Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
My boss holds the pamphlet far away from the rest of her body—her index finger and thumb suddenly forming a sharp pincer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of pamphlet

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