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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


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His latest video came on June 21, attacking a 2025 paper in Nature, one of the world’s top scientific journals.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

The university employing some of the paper’s authors quickly announced an investigation, and Nature said last week it was probing the paper, which described a potential patch for delivering medicine to internal organs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Just as special as the loan of the paper itself is the way visitors have enjoyed thinking about what they would put in a declaration of their own, says museum director Lucy Littlewood.

From BBC • Jul. 1, 2026

While these deals boost growth on paper, DiFucci estimates that actual organic, constant-currency subscription growth hovered around 7.5% over the past two quarters.

From Barron's • Jul. 1, 2026

“I’ve got this paper that states my claim. This land is mine. Not yours.”

From "Will’s Race for Home" by Jewell Parker Rhodes




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