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as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals
we get the paper every morning
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as in article
a short piece of writing done as a school exercise
write a paper about your favorite author
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as in essay
a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view
the papers written by the Founding Fathers urging adoption of the federal constitution
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as in titular
being something in name or form only
there's a paper boycott of that company's products that nobody seems to be honoring
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Recent Examples of paper
Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
Some theater owners have told customers that certain sizes are available only in those non-paper options.
—Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 31 May 2022
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Noun
The ballot itself is an unremarkable piece of office paper and comes with simple instructions.
—Eno Sarris, The Athletic, 14 Jan. 2025
But this measure, called body mass index, or BMI, lacks nuance and fails to tell whether a person is truly healthy, a global commission of medical experts said in a paper published Tuesday in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.
—Ken Alltucker, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Adjective
Staples, clips and other non-paper materials must be removed.
—Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022
Some theater owners have told customers that certain sizes are available only in those non-paper options.
—Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 31 May 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper
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Chinese Hack: One of China’s intelligence agencies hacked the U.S. Treasury Department, gaining access to the workstations of government employees and unclassified documents, the Biden administration said.—
Meaghan Tobin,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Its automatic document feeder (ADF) offers single-pass duplexing (two-sided scanning), a necessity for anyone who needs to scan, copy, or fax duplex pages.—
PCMAG,
PCMAG,
18 Jan. 2025
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Classified ads — once a newspaper's golden goose — shifted almost overnight to platforms like Craigslist, eBay and digital marketplaces, chipping away at traditional revenue.—
Dan Gardner,
Forbes,
20 Jan. 2025
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As flames advanced on homes in the Pacific Palisades, there was no professional Los Angeles Fire Department unit ready to take on the initial attack, the newspaper reported.—
Chris Boyette and Michelle Watson,
CNN,
20 Jan. 2025
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The article notes that keeping respect for each other and not reacting in the heat of the moment can help create better relationships in the long run.—
Kristen Waggoner,
Newsweek,
22 Jan. 2025
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Parts of an article in The Mail on Sunday about Prince Harry‘s legal claim against the British government’s Home Office was defamatory, a High Court judge in London ruled in 2022.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
21 Jan. 2025
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Notice in her essay, there was not one representative from the Imperial Valley cited to support her criticism.—
Jim Shinn,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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In a 1961 essay for THR, writer Allan Hersholt recalled how his father, Jean Hersholt, landed his first acting gig at Inceville in 1915.—
Ryan Gajewski,
The Hollywood Reporter,
19 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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James Griffiths directs the comedy, which is set on the fictional titular Welsh island.—
Samantha Bergeson,
IndieWire,
16 Jan. 2025
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Outside of late-night, Uecker co-starred for six seasons on the sitcom Mr. Belvedere, playing sportswriter and father George Owens, who employed the titular butler.—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
16 Jan. 2025
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Sanctions out of state could come in the form of ceasing to issue visas, even tourist and visitor visas — moves that Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Trump’s secretary of state nominee, is said to support.—
Anna Giaritelli,
Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government,
18 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement Thankfully, the story arc is designed so that chaos keeps barging in, most delightfully in the form of a scene stealer named ParTeb, a goofball from Tunisia who presents as a saucy green alien.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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In 2017, a study published in the journal Psychological and Cognitive Sciences concluded that this type of sensory-rich play supports cognitive development, enhancing brain function and neural connections in the process.—
Justin Gest,
Newsweek,
20 Jan. 2025
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The research was published in the journal Nature Cardiovascular Research.—
Michael Irving,
New Atlas,
18 Jan. 2025
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The formal composition at work in that portrait is even more evident in Han’s aerial landscapes, shot from bridges and promontories.—
E. Tammy Kim,
The New Yorker,
18 Jan. 2025
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Astronomers can read these fingerprints to reveal the composition of said material.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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“Paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper. Accessed 29 Jan. 2025.
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