folders

noun

plural of folder
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 Visually, Hornbill avoids the excess that often defines heavy-duty folders. — New Atlas, 21 July 2026 Keep tax records, personal documents and private photos outside its working folders. — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 18 July 2026 School supply donations can include pens, pencils, notebooks, loose-leaf paper, folders, dry-erase markers, chalk, highlighters and staples. — Aurora Beacon-News, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026 According to the couple’s daughter, like Pearl, Cotliar loved being a grandparent and kept folders with photos and accomplishments of his grandchildren. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026 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 Most agencies file this data away in client folders and move on. — Ming Zhu, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026 Note that EncryptPro can’t encrypt system folders, such as Documents and Pictures. — Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 1 July 2026 The district also suspended her email access, and deleted several items from her email folders, the suit said. — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 9 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folders
  1. brochures
  2. booklets
  3. leaflets
  4. flyers
  5. pamphlets
Noun
  • But marketing brochures and admissions websites rarely tell you the bad stuff — like a principal with a concerning history, lawsuits filed by families, or financial instability that could shutter a school in the middle of the school year.
    — Mollie Simon, ProPublica, 16 July 2026
  • He was seen passing out brochures that directed students to subscribe to his services for $15 per month, according to an article by The Kansas City Star.
    — Zuri Primos July 15, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026
Definition of brochures
Noun
  • 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
  • How about heaps of photos of the guys with haircuts, guyliner, and nail polish, and CD booklets sodden with semen, blood, and piss?
    — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 27 June 2026
Definition of booklets
Noun
  • The side leaflets also grow directly opposite each other, making this arrangement a helpful way to identify the plant.
    — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 15 July 2026
  • In addition to curling, the leaves become mottled, new leaflets are small and infected fruit is brown inside.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 4 July 2026
Definition of leaflets
Noun
  • The new Chase lounge at DFW, located in Terminal D by Gate D25, is certainly an imposing entrant in the battle for upscale flyers and big spenders.
    — Michael Goldstein, Forbes.com, 17 July 2026
  • United Airlines said flyers keep booking despite higher fares and higher energy costs.
    — Jason Gewirtz, CNBC, 15 July 2026
Definition of flyers
Noun
  • The study picked 10 commercial large language models by top tech companies — including Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI — and asked the AI systems to make critical pamphlets, write limericks, give reasons if someone should join protests, and more.
    — Didi Tang, Fortune, 16 July 2026
  • While abolitionists and increasing numbers of Northerners fought for an expansive idea of free expression, publishing pamphlets and newspapers and submitting petitions to Congress, slaveholders tried to suppress antislavery language.
    — Paul Quigley, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
Definition of pamphlets

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