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portfolio
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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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    Another handful of raindrops, and Scarlett picked up the portfolio the man pointed to, propped up beside a nearby gravestone, and followed him into the tiny porch of the church, where the rain could not touch them.  (source)
    portfolio = a  flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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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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    In war game parlance, the United States and its allies are always known as Blue Team, and the enemy is always known as Red Team, and JFCOM generated comprehensive portfolios for each team, covering everything they would be expected to know about their own forces and their adversary's forces.†  (source)
    portfolios = flat, thin cases for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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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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    As bankers carry their briefcases, as fashion models walk around with their photograph portfolios, we travel around with our boats on our heads.†  (source)
    portfolios = flat, thin cases for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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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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    "My clients were simply making available an offer that they believed would add value to their customers' portfolios," says Luke, giving me a tight smile.†  (source)
    portfolios = flat, thin cases for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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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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    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)
    portfolios = flat, thin cases for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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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)
    portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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    I mean, managing stock portfolios is important.†  (source)
    portfolios = flat, thin cases for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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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)
    portfolio = a flat, thin case for carrying papers, drawings, etc.
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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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    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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    We have to write our own poems in a "poetry portfolio."  (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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    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 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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    Then he shows me another drawing he's added to his portfolio,  (source)
    portfolio = collection of examples of creative 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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    For it is hardly our purpose at this late stage to log a new portfolio of lasting memories.†  (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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    When I walked into the studio for the Report, I was clutching an armful of marked books and a portfolio for my poster.†  (source)
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    He knew he would never have another chance to get that portfolio of photographs made.†  (source)
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    "Hold on," his father said, putting his hand on the 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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    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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    ...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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    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)
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