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Because the dictionary is wrong.

Dictionaries are not authoritative sources for word definitions. Rather they are, and can only be, historical references.

Words mean what people use them to mean.

“Sort these pages” with no other instructions will almost always mean, to the average person in a general context, put the pages in ascending order using the most obvious sequence present.

“File these documents” will generally mean put these pages in their relevant folders, either in a filing cabinet or computer storage.

Well, that’s their common usage outside of computer specific applicant ions here in Australia.

YMMV



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