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adhesive tape

NOUN
sticky tape
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They liked hearing Tim Cowlishaw talking about the Dallas Cowboys with adhesive tape still sticking to his shoes from his previous day’s walk through the Cowboys locker room.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

To do this, the researchers removed layers of graphite with a piece of adhesive tape until they had flakes just one atom thick.

From Science Daily • Feb. 22, 2024

If air is leaking under a door, consider using a felt weather strip that attaches to the bottom of the door with small nails, screws or adhesive tape.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 25, 2024

She said the use of DNA in criminal prosecutions was "in its infancy" in 1992 but she used adhesive tape to take fibre samples from Nikki's body at the scene.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2023

The nurse was writing something over and over on little pieces of adhesive tape.

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath



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