as in brochures
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 folders
Across the room are Lamar Hunt’s own file cabinets, packed with folders dating from 1959 as plans took shape for the new league.
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Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The company aims to move suspicious messages to spam folders to reduce users’ exposure to scams.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
During the preview, the feature will only work with common folders such as desktop, documents, downloads or pictures, and people will have to approve the use of data elsewhere on their computers.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Other improvements include a Mac-like menu bar at the top of the screen when working inside apps and the ability to place folders directly in the home screen dock.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Links to files or folders can be public or restricted, making collaboration straightforward.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
The color of your folders, which also controls the tint of icons and widgets in tinted mode.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
After this, barcode patterns were printed onto its surface, creating millions of tiny, addressable sections – like individual folders on your computer.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Volunteers stuffed 1,032 backpacks with 544 1-inch binders, 3,264 pocket folders, 1,826 spiral notebooks, 1,032 pencil cases, 417 crayon packs, 544 colored pencil packs, 2,370 pens, 4,224 pencils, and 961 highlighters.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 24 Oct. 2025
The company aims to move suspicious messages to spam folders to reduce users’ exposure to scams.
—Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 20 Oct. 2025
During the preview, the feature will only work with common folders such as desktop, documents, downloads or pictures, and people will have to approve the use of data elsewhere on their computers.
—Jordan Novet, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
Other improvements include a Mac-like menu bar at the top of the screen when working inside apps and the ability to place folders directly in the home screen dock.
—Bloomberg, Mercury News, 15 Oct. 2025
Links to files or folders can be public or restricted, making collaboration straightforward.
—PC Magazine, 12 Oct. 2025
The color of your folders, which also controls the tint of icons and widgets in tinted mode.
—ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
After this, barcode patterns were printed onto its surface, creating millions of tiny, addressable sections – like individual folders on your computer.
—Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 15 Sep. 2025
Volunteers stuffed 1,032 backpacks with 544 1-inch binders, 3,264 pocket folders, 1,826 spiral notebooks, 1,032 pencil cases, 417 crayon packs, 544 colored pencil packs, 2,370 pens, 4,224 pencils, and 961 highlighters.
—Samantha Gowen, Oc Register, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folders
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This is how the HEMI has changed through time, according to a trove of internet archives, vintage brochures and other automotive history.—
Liam Rappleye,
USA Today,
6 Oct. 2025
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This is how the HEMI has changed through time, according to a trove of internet archives, vintage brochures and other automotive history.—
Liam Rappleye,
Freep.com,
3 Oct. 2025
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But the booklets for the cassette and the double-CD package had to be made to work on a much smaller scale.—
Melinda Newman,
Billboard,
14 Oct. 2025
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From McDonald’s with its Boo Buckets to Wendy’s and its coupon booklets, restaurants are offering Halloween ways to collect treats as well as items to help fill buckets.—
Marina Johnson,
Louisville Courier Journal,
7 Oct. 2025
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Throughout the conflict, Israel dropped leaflets, sent text messages, and made phone calls to Gaza civilians warning them to evacuate before strikes.—
Oded J K Faran,
Oc Register,
21 Oct. 2025
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Dahlstrom and some of his colleagues handed out leaflets outside of LaGuardia Airport in New York on Tuesday to urge the public to ask lawmakers to end the shutdown.—
Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
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In Belmont Cragin, a northwest Chicago community, local organizers have rallied hundreds of volunteers to create kits packed with the whistles, handouts showing when to use them and bilingual flyers detailing what bystanders’ and detainees’ rights are when agents are conducting arrests.—
Danya Gainor,
CNN Money,
24 Oct. 2025
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All frequent fliers need a flowing pair of wide-leg pants, like the ultracomfy Lightweight Wide-leg Cropped Pants by Crz Yoga.—
Hillary Maglin,
Travel + Leisure,
23 Oct. 2025
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The group gathered at Sures’ home and vandalized it, leaving red handprints and caution tape on his garage door and scattering pamphlets on his front lawn.—
Seth Abramovitch,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
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In some accounts of American history, the novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin decisively turned public opinion against slavery, accomplishing what pamphlets and political rhetoric could not.—
Gershom Gorenberg,
The Atlantic,
3 Oct. 2025
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“Folders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folders. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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