Sample Sentences for
portfolio
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(editor-reviewed)

portfolio as in:  a leather portfolio

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The papers are in my portfolio.
portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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    She never goes to a meeting without her portfolio.
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    Afterward, Annie had, at Mae's insistence, shown her some documents, ancient yellowed papers detailing their family history, a beautiful black portfolio of genealogies, scholarly articles, pictures of grave old men with extravagant sideburns standing near rough-hewn cabins.  (source)
    portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers
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    "Understood," said David, taking a portfolio from the Director.  (source)
    portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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    And with that he thrust his portfolio, his tin of crayons, and his rolled-up sheet of paper into her hands and he set off at a trot down to the gates, his shoulders hunched against the driving rain.  (source)
    portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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    And I've always been partial to portfolios, folders, and briefcases, and postal scales.†  (source)
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    Captain Rhallon shrugged and pulled a portfolio from his briefcase.  (source)
    portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers
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    We'd get together to talk about our progress, help each other get our portfolios and presentations ready, and make sure we were on track with the requirements for graduation.†  (source)
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    Grand, too, looked tired and overwrought; he kept pacing up and down the room, opening and closing a portfolio crammed with sheets of manuscript that lay on the table.  (source)
    portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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    The other gentlemen speculated with equal rashness in all sorts of frail trifles, and wandered helplessly about afterward, burdened with wax flowers, painted fans, filigree portfolios, and other useful and appropriate purchases.†  (source)
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    At this moment the study door opened, and a military man, with a portfolio under his arm, came out talking loudly, and after bidding good-bye to someone inside, took his departure.  (source)
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    She would ride over on a boy's bicycle (her brother Victor's) from the Raineys' with sheets of advanced music rolled naked (girls usually had portfolios) and strapped to the boy's bar which she straddled, the magnolia broken out of the Carmichaels' tree and laid bruising in the wire basket on the handlebars.†  (source)
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    I was delighted to believe it, and when I went into society I used to carry her pictures with me in a portfolio and hand them round to the company.  (source)
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    As bankers carry their briefcases, as fashion models walk around with their photograph portfolios, we travel around with our boats on our heads.†  (source)
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portfolio as in:  showed her creative portfolio

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    We're adding it to our portfolio to show prospective clients.
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    We have to write our own poems in a "poetry portfolio."  (source)
    portfolio = a collection of examples of creative work
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    Lori, because of her good grades and art portfolio, had been accepted into a government-sponsored summer camp for students with special aptitudes.  (source)
    portfolio = a collection of creative work used as an example of someone's work
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    I was standing beside his bed and he was sitting up between the sheets, clad in his underwear, with a great portfolio in his hands.  (source)
    portfolio = a flat, thin case holding creative works
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    Yeah, the studio classes here are supposed to be great, so I felt like it was a good chance to work on my technique before portfolios are due for college apps.  (source)
    portfolios = collections of examples of creative work
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    Then he shows me another drawing he's added to his portfolio,  (source)
    portfolio = collection of examples of creative work
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    Then I saw what he meant: I was supposed to bring something called "a portfolio of recent work," which meant pictures, so he could judge me.  (source)
    portfolio = a collection of examples of creative work
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    Norah complained that he was becoming obsessed with photography—why else would he bring his portfolio on vacation?  (source)
    portfolio = collection of examples of creative work
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    I invested in stocks and built a portfolio.†  (source)
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    For it is hardly our purpose at this late stage to log a new portfolio of lasting memories.†  (source)
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    I listened to my boots sludge through the damp sand, the loose clasp on my portfolio clicking.†  (source)
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    I'd have to pitch the idea, submit a proposal, put together a portfolio.†  (source)
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    I'd say his pride was hurt more than his portfolio.†  (source)
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portfolio as in:  investment portfolio

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Keep a diversified portfolio to reduce risk.
portfolio = collection of investments
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    She wants to reduce the risk in her portfolio.
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    Between September of 1983 and November of 1985, John Alfred Hammond and his "Pachyderm Portfolio" raised $870 million in venture capital to finance his proposed corporation, International Genetic Technologies, Inc.  (source)
    Portfolio = group of investments
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    He also had a decent stock portfolio, which he monitored on his laptop during the few hours of downtime.  (source)
    portfolio = collection of investments
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    A Merrill Lynch portfolio in an Atlanta office had a balance of almost $7 million.  (source)
    portfolio = collection of investments
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    ...had gone a bit bonkers at the end and invested more than fifty percent of the portfolio in VistaBank, a commercial-banking monster, for "sentimental reasons"  (source)
    portfolio = all the investments held by an individual
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    This is a big loan, Ginny. One of the biggest in our portfolio now, though I shouldn't be telling you that.  (source)
    portfolio = all the investments held by an individual or organization
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    Uncle Pete had a chunk of Happicuppa stock in his portfolio, and not just a little chunk.  (source)
    portfolio = collection of investments
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