Examples of paper clip in a Sentence
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So—one day not so long ago, the paper clip came to my aid once again.
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 June 2024
If a human asks it to make paper clips and fails to specify how many, the system—not understanding that humans value nearly anything more than paper clips—will turn all of earth into a paper clip factory, before colonizing other planets to mine ore for still more paper clips.
—Kenneth Neil Cukier, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
And there was a little paper clip chain that was the colors of the rainbow.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
Another way to monitor the eclipse’s progression is through a pinhole camera, which can be made by poking a hole in a piece of aluminum foil or paper with a safety pin, paper clip or pencil, and projecting the image of the sun onto the ground.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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Paolo Confino, Fortune, 6 June 2024
If a human asks it to make paper clips and fails to specify how many, the system—not understanding that humans value nearly anything more than paper clips—will turn all of earth into a paper clip factory, before colonizing other planets to mine ore for still more paper clips.
—Kenneth Neil Cukier, Foreign Affairs, 11 June 2019
And there was a little paper clip chain that was the colors of the rainbow.
—Marina Watts, Peoplemag, 4 June 2024
Another way to monitor the eclipse’s progression is through a pinhole camera, which can be made by poking a hole in a piece of aluminum foil or paper with a safety pin, paper clip or pencil, and projecting the image of the sun onto the ground.
—Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2024
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“Paper clip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20clip. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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