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a folder offering tips for heating one's home efficiently
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Editing permissions are available for files and folders.
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Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
In the Notes app, find your recordings in a new folder called Call Recordings.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
The top shelf of one cupboard was crammed with brown folders—his father’s papers.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
That’s a simple truth, and while anyone who has ever looked in their junk folder will know, there’s no such thing as a perfect spam filter.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Robert Anderson, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
In the Notes app, find your recordings in a new folder called Call Recordings.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 7 Nov. 2024
The top shelf of one cupboard was crammed with brown folders—his father’s papers.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
That’s a simple truth, and while anyone who has ever looked in their junk folder will know, there’s no such thing as a perfect spam filter.
—Davey Winder, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Folder.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/folder. Accessed 28 Nov. 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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