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 shelves are stocked with crayons, markers, construction paper, notebooks, folders, binders, dry-erase markers and other classroom materials. — Tori Mason, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026 Affordable finds include notebooks, folders, pencils, crayons, glue sticks and other must-haves. — Casey Delbasso, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2026 Visitors will be able to collect various back-to-school essentials, including writing utensils, notebooks, folders and art supplies. — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for folders
  1. brochures
  2. booklets
  3. leaflets
  4. flyers
  5. pamphlets
Noun
  • Dozens of vendors will be present to talk about programs for seniors, according to DeWitte’s website, and legislative brochures will be available at the free event.
    — Mike Danahey, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Not simply to attend career fairs or hand out brochures but to give students real exposure to industries, career paths and professionals.
    — Valerie Mcgehee, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 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
  • 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
Noun
  • Premium fliers get a dedicated check-in and bag drop line, plus priority boarding.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Shelter Hope and volunteers distributed flyers across the Thousand Oaks area and began working through incoming tips about sightings of Burt, eventually tracing eyewitness reports across a roughly 10-mile radius.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 31 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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“Folders.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/folders. Accessed 9 Aug. 2026.

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