Thesaurus results for FOLDERS

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 The target folders ensured that agents apprehended the correct person. — Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026 Art supplies, backpacks, stationery, educational organization tools like binders and file folders, lunch boxes, music instruments, flash drives and more count as school supplies. — Zuri Primos july 25, Kansas City Star, 25 July 2026 Please bring items like backpacks, pencils, folders and markers for entry. — Kat Tran july 24, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 The ability to organize Zaps into folders here is a nice touch. — Ruben Circelli, PC Magazine, 23 July 2026 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 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

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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

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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 leaflets

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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
Technology is core to the stock market and its role in future long-term growth will continue, but there are ways to gain exposure to technology high fliers without repeating the mistakes of the dotcom era.

— Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 21 July 2026

Definition of flyers

Noun

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
Parents with children and groups of friends mill about, and leftist student organizations chat with passersby, handing out pamphlets.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026

Definition of pamphlets

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