filing cabinet
noun
: a piece of furniture that is used for storing documents so that they can be found easily
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After centuries hidden in a North Carolina filing cabinet, a 237-year-old piece of American history is headed to auction.
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Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
This filing cabinet weighs 40 pounds and comes fully assembled.
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
My Gmail account is like an enormous filing cabinet.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
What is the difference between a vertical filing cabinet and a mobile filing cabinet?
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
Willingham, Winooski's clerk, keeps her noncitizen voter registrations in a manila folder in a filing cabinet next to her desk.
—Mikaela Lefrak, NPR, 4 May 2024
If your home office is tight on space, check out this compact filing cabinet.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
Many of the major ones still in use today were built during the Clinton administration, and therefore are not much more than a digital filing cabinet.
—James Hudson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
His father took him down to the basement and gestured toward a filing cabinet.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
This filing cabinet weighs 40 pounds and comes fully assembled.
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
My Gmail account is like an enormous filing cabinet.
—Larry Magid, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
What is the difference between a vertical filing cabinet and a mobile filing cabinet?
—Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2024
Willingham, Winooski's clerk, keeps her noncitizen voter registrations in a manila folder in a filing cabinet next to her desk.
—Mikaela Lefrak, NPR, 4 May 2024
If your home office is tight on space, check out this compact filing cabinet.
—Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2024
Many of the major ones still in use today were built during the Clinton administration, and therefore are not much more than a digital filing cabinet.
—James Hudson, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2023
His father took him down to the basement and gestured toward a filing cabinet.
—Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 18 Sep. 2023
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