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Examples of folder in a Sentence
a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently
Recent Examples on the Web
For instance, some people have their email client configured to use anti-spam software and spam filters which scan emails for red flags and then re-route messages to the spam folder according to the set criteria.
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Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
There are also Shopping and Entertainment folders with relevant apps and suggestions.
—PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
What emerged was unlike anything on the consumer market: a user-friendly screen of folders and menus and a curious scroll-and-click device dubbed a mouse — first with the commercial-flop Lisa in 1983 and then the groundbreaking Macintosh in 1984.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
That folder needs to be checked regularly for important emails that have been wrongly flagged as spam.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Other services, like Dropbox or Google Drive, can sync folders seamlessly between different devices but require their own client software and subscription.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
The handwritten letters from our 13-year-old daughter sit on our coffee table in a clear plastic folder.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Go through folders and toss outdated documents, statements, and bills older than five years.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
The best revenge is: success murder living a good life
autofiction
Saves it in the drafts folder.
—Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
Tyler Shepherd, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2024
There are also Shopping and Entertainment folders with relevant apps and suggestions.
—PCMAG, 21 Mar. 2024
What emerged was unlike anything on the consumer market: a user-friendly screen of folders and menus and a curious scroll-and-click device dubbed a mouse — first with the commercial-flop Lisa in 1983 and then the groundbreaking Macintosh in 1984.
—Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
That folder needs to be checked regularly for important emails that have been wrongly flagged as spam.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
Other services, like Dropbox or Google Drive, can sync folders seamlessly between different devices but require their own client software and subscription.
—PCMAG, 27 Mar. 2024
The handwritten letters from our 13-year-old daughter sit on our coffee table in a clear plastic folder.
—Damien Cave, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2024
Go through folders and toss outdated documents, statements, and bills older than five years.
—Dominique Fluker, Essence, 21 Mar. 2024
The best revenge is: success murder living a good life
autofiction
Saves it in the drafts folder.
—Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024
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“Folder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folder. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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folder
noun
fold·er
ˈfōl-dər 
1
: one that folds
2
: a printed circular of folded sheets
3
a
: a folded cover or large envelope for holding loose papers
b
: an element of a computer operating system used to group and organize files
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