filing cabinet
noun
: a piece of furniture that is used for storing documents so that they can be found easily
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There seems to be a few spawns for this, but at least one is under one of the bunk beds and another is under the filing cabinet on wheels near the end of the beds.
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Powerful search: Finding an old picture using Google’s powerful search options is like using a super-organized filing cabinet.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2024
On floor 7½ of an antiquated New York City office building, hidden behind a filing cabinet, is a small portal that leads into the head of actor John Malkovich.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
In 2022, when the property was cleared out after being sold to the state to be converted into a public historic site a copy of the constitution was found in the filing cabinet.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Brunk Auctions The nearly 237-year-old document was found in a nondescript squat metal filing cabinet at Hayes Farm, an 184-acre plantation in Edenton, North Carolina.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
It was discovered two years ago in a metal filing cabinet when a property that once belonged to North Carolina’s governor during the late 1780s was being cleared out.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2024
The document was reportedly found inside an old filing cabinet in a storage room while the property was being cleared out and sold to the state of North Carolina for conservation and transformation into a public historic site.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
After centuries hidden in a North Carolina filing cabinet, a 237-year-old piece of American history is headed to auction.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
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Mike Stubbs, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
Powerful search: Finding an old picture using Google’s powerful search options is like using a super-organized filing cabinet.
—Ken Colburn, The Arizona Republic, 20 Oct. 2024
On floor 7½ of an antiquated New York City office building, hidden behind a filing cabinet, is a small portal that leads into the head of actor John Malkovich.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2024
In 2022, when the property was cleared out after being sold to the state to be converted into a public historic site a copy of the constitution was found in the filing cabinet.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
Brunk Auctions The nearly 237-year-old document was found in a nondescript squat metal filing cabinet at Hayes Farm, an 184-acre plantation in Edenton, North Carolina.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 18 Oct. 2024
It was discovered two years ago in a metal filing cabinet when a property that once belonged to North Carolina’s governor during the late 1780s was being cleared out.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2024
The document was reportedly found inside an old filing cabinet in a storage room while the property was being cleared out and sold to the state of North Carolina for conservation and transformation into a public historic site.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
After centuries hidden in a North Carolina filing cabinet, a 237-year-old piece of American history is headed to auction.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 13 Sep. 2024
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