carbonless
adjective
car·bon·less
ˈkär-bən-ləs 
1
: being without carbon
2
: being or composed of paper that makes multiple copies without intervening layers of carbon paper
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Fusion, my friends, means not just infinite carbonless energy but more balloons.
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Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
In the packet were two sheets of carbonless copy paper that, unbeknown to participants, created an imprint of their writing.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2014
Herds of beef cattle grazed placidly beneath swooping turbines tilting at a carbonless future.
—David Montgomery, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021
The process was invented at 3M in 1965, after a chemist at the company developed a carbonless copy paper that used the technology, according to the website Mental Floss.
—Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2018
PCBs had many uses in manufacturing, including the production of carbonless paper manufactured between 1954 and 1971.
—Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2017
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Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023
In the packet were two sheets of carbonless copy paper that, unbeknown to participants, created an imprint of their writing.
—Seriously Science, Discover Magazine, 28 July 2014
Herds of beef cattle grazed placidly beneath swooping turbines tilting at a carbonless future.
—David Montgomery, Washington Post, 7 Oct. 2021
The process was invented at 3M in 1965, after a chemist at the company developed a carbonless copy paper that used the technology, according to the website Mental Floss.
—Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2018
PCBs had many uses in manufacturing, including the production of carbonless paper manufactured between 1954 and 1971.
—Lee Bergquist, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2017
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“Carbonless.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carbonless. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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