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paper

[pey-per] / ˈpeɪ pər /
ADJECTIVE
thin, flimsy
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


NOUN
newspaper
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VERB
line with material
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


Example Sentences

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On paper, the U.S. can accomplish these goals and secure its territory without much help.

From Barron's

On paper, the U.S. can accomplish these goals and secure its territory without much help.

From Barron's

Consequently, investors are favoring firms that have been distributing capital—not just racking up paper gains, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal

For a host of complicated reasons, a few years later France would lose World War II in a matter of weeks, despite having on paper the better army.

From The Wall Street Journal

"It was his dream," Oleksiy Kasyanov, the general secretary of Ukraine's track and field federation and formerly its national decathlon coach, told the paper.

From BBC