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paper

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


NOUN
newspaper
Synonyms




VERB
line with material
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Researchers at Goethe University Frankfurt and TU Wien have now done that with a formula that can be worked out analytically, using what the scientists describe as essentially paper and pencil.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

The pines would also enrich landowners and the Bordeaux bourgeoisie: The hardscrabble culture of sheep grazing gave way to a booming industry of wood, paper and resin.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 30, 2026

"Our work does not tell us that such experiments rule out quantum gravity," says Magdalena Zych of Stockholm University and a co-author on the paper.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

According to the paper, he is looking to plug a hole in public finances and shield individuals from direct tax increases.

From BBC Aug. 29, 2026

You wash your hands, bypassing the paper towel dispenser, shaking the water off.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

In Batroun, a northern coastal city home to the ruins of a small Roman amphitheatre, an archaeologist was surrounded by tools and papers, documenting the latest finds as waves lapped rocks nearby.

From Barron's Aug. 29, 2026

Mr. Hoser, “fired with a spirit of rebellion,” overwhelmed this system, sometimes even describing new species secondhand, pulling descriptions from papers published by other people.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 28, 2026

He said on Thursday the move was "official, effective immediately" and that his administration has "filed all the necessary papers, documents" to make the change.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Cofnas added that “Many passages are lifted with minimal editing, sometimes retaining copy-editing mistakes from the original source,” and found similar issues in other papers written by Arday.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Competing papers, such as the New York Herald and the Evening Post, cried fraud.

From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock

Yes, we've had things to cheer about - like a couple of trophies over the summer - but that papered over cracks.

From BBC May 16, 2026

Ironically, only Branwell’s room, papered with sketches and poems, looks like an artist’s refuge.

From Los Angeles Times May 14, 2026

But as someone who was in the chamber for that speech, those affects papered over a frequent incomprehensibility.

From Slate Feb. 24, 2026

Ekitike's quickfire double papered over the cracks of another concerning first half performance for Arne Slot.

From Barron's Jan. 31, 2026

The walls had been covered with cheesecloth but never papered.

From "Black Like Me" by John Howard Griffin

On Monday, the climate-vulnerable Alliance of Small Island States said countries could not keep ignoring "the elephant in the room" and warned that anything short of winding down fossil fuels was "papering over the cracks".

From Barron's Jun. 8, 2026

“AI is papering over the cracks,” said Stefan Angrick, head of Japan and frontier markets economics at Moody’s Analytics in Tokyo.

From The Wall Street Journal May 4, 2026

With laws barring government officials from entering homes without a warrant, the city had little recourse beyond papering the home with violations.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 21, 2024

In his own bathroom, Nickey limited himself to papering the top part of the wall, above the tiled wainscoting.

From Seattle Times Feb. 28, 2024

Aureliano Segundo finished by papering the house from the front to the kitchen, including bathrooms and bedrooms, and threw the leftover bills into the courtyard.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez




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