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
Associated PressThe folders included hundreds of images of court documents dating back years, along with video clips that appeared to show police body camera footage from searches and interviews conducted with victims.
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Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Authorities also found two folders containing drawings, engravings and prints containing German text, which are believed to date to the 1940s.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Workspaces house Spaces that contain your actual tasks, alongside dashboards, documents, folders, forms, lists, and whiteboards.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
The league was in its infancy, but drew dozens of kids from my block, all of us carrying tattered binders and folders full of the first generation of Pokémon cards.
—Jamal Michel, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
Consider the money The claim of bias from Google’s email servers is the second time such an issue has been raised, with the first being in 2022 when the Republican National Committee accused Alphabet, Google’s parent company, of intentionally sending the party's emails to users' spam folders.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
But three pressing matters occupy thick folders on his desk.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
The transition does not mean students no longer have to stock up on plastic folders, highlighters and erasers, or that parents are spending less to equip their children for class.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Set up folders, clean your books, document your offers, and build the kind of team that impresses buyers without needing you in every meeting.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Authorities also found two folders containing drawings, engravings and prints containing German text, which are believed to date to the 1940s.
—Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2025
Workspaces house Spaces that contain your actual tasks, alongside dashboards, documents, folders, forms, lists, and whiteboards.
—PC Magazine, 2 Sep. 2025
The league was in its infancy, but drew dozens of kids from my block, all of us carrying tattered binders and folders full of the first generation of Pokémon cards.
—Jamal Michel, NPR, 31 Aug. 2025
Consider the money The claim of bias from Google’s email servers is the second time such an issue has been raised, with the first being in 2022 when the Republican National Committee accused Alphabet, Google’s parent company, of intentionally sending the party's emails to users' spam folders.
—Angele Latham, The Tennessean, 30 Aug. 2025
But three pressing matters occupy thick folders on his desk.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025
The transition does not mean students no longer have to stock up on plastic folders, highlighters and erasers, or that parents are spending less to equip their children for class.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2025
Set up folders, clean your books, document your offers, and build the kind of team that impresses buyers without needing you in every meeting.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folders
Noun
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Cox said the most common artifacts were brochures.—
Myrna Petlicki,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Aug. 2025
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The brochures sound alike, the code repeats the same flaws, the strategies cluster around safe bets.—
Andrea Hill,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Also, Zojirushi appliances of all types (rice cookers included) come with dense, sometimes hard-to-follow instruction booklets.—
Noah Kaufman,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
4 Sep. 2025
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Travel log booklets can be downloaded online or picked up at the county’s visitors centers when open.—
Michelle Mullins,
Chicago Tribune,
2 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Photos and videos on social media show leaflets dropped on Gaza City and central Gaza carrying the same message.—
Ibrahim Dahman,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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To deadhead roses, cut the stems back to just above a leaf node or set of five leaflets.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
20 Aug. 2025
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Frequent flyers will go to great lengths to avoid checking their luggage, going so far as wearing their bulky hiking boots on the plane or vacuum-sealing their clothes before packing them into their carry-on.—
Olivia Young,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Sep. 2025
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The watch proved successful after managing to catch a man littering hate flyers across the neighborhood.—
David Ferrara,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
5 Sep. 2025
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Brochures, pamphlets, posters, archival materials, and other goods relating to the institution’s history have all been gathered and put on display.—
Douglas Markowitz,
Miami Herald,
26 Aug. 2025
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Rural librarians can direct survivors to legal assistance and domestic violence service websites, help find books and pamphlets that are useful for survivors, and provide programming for survivors’ children if survivors need time to think about their options.—
Walter S. DeKeseredy,
The Conversation,
25 Aug. 2025
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“Folders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folders. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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