cellophane

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Both of her arms were covered in freshly-inked tattoos, her left arm still wrapped in glistening cellophane.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

At the end of her roughly 15-minute speech, Walz held up a small cellophane bag filled with cookies.

From Slate • Oct. 17, 2024

A 2,100-foot roll of cellophane costs $45; it was $25 in 2019.

From New York Times • Apr. 15, 2024

“Relationships were relentlessly stapled out of cardboard and then wrapped in cellophane with professional-looking bows,” Hermetz wrote.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2023

Among her armload of presents were a teddy bear; jelly beans wrapped in cellophane; copies of GQ, The Atlantic Monthly, Esquire: good God, I thought, since when does Francis read magazines?

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt