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paper

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


NOUN
newspaper
Synonyms




VERB
line with material
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK


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Oh, it was just a cheeky term paper, was it?

From Slate ● Oct. 24, 2026

The five-term senator said the categories of products receiving exemptions include corrugated paper cartons, plastic boxes, plastic bags, refrigeration and freezing equipment, packing and wrapping machinery, and seaweed and algae products.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

Other co-authors on the paper included Wang, 28, as well as leaders from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google DeepMind, and Meta.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Sources stressed the Metropolitan Police "never investigated Mr Markle", the paper adds.

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

I hear a rustle of paper in the background and realize he’s checking the notes we made; he won’t have the names committed to memory the way I do.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

They alleged the company fraudulently moved billions of dollars worth of assets out of their reach in a series of transactions that enriched controlling shareholder Drahi and other insiders, according to court papers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 22, 2026

By then, Mignon’s papers for joining her husband and children in America were ready.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

Hundreds of scientific papers have appeared within just a few years, and altermagnetism has become a prominent subject at international physics conferences.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 18, 2026

We’re both U.S. citizens, safe on paper, but what if the value of our papers has changed?

From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026

That was probably why they resorted to putting Post-it notes on the adoption papers, Jonah thought.

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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

So are the cracks being papered over and how deep does the pothole problem go?

From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2026

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

From Barron's ● Jan. 31, 2026

It’s papered in small blue flowers, forget-me-nots, with curtains to match.

From "The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood

In response, she told Deters to “stop papering all these things. It’s really dangerous.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

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

ActionAid UK's co-chief Hannah Bond, said that without new funding, her appointment was "papering over the cracks" of a struggling aid sector.

From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2025

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

I pick at the yellowed pages of the Chicago Defender papering over the wall.

From "Finding Langston" by Lesa Cline-Ransome


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