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Orders used to be handwritten on paper tickets and hung for the cook to grab.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

And you are both taking a risk financially: Whatever you put on paper will only come to pass for one of you.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 7, 2026

After a long period of deflationary pressure, a bump in price growth could seem welcome on paper, but analysts warn that if demand remains weak, supply-side inflation will become a headwind.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

Reporter Joseph Bernstein, who covers internet culture for the paper, traveled to Tempe, Arizona, to spend time with the streamer in person.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

The paper in question is still on Theo’s bed where I’d piled the other papers earlier, right on top.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse