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stapler

[stay-pler] / ˈsteɪ plər /
NOUN
machine for fastening
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Elsewhere in the warehouse, an authenticator uses a device smaller than a stapler to scan a Louis Vuitton tote to help determine whether the leather, stitching and branding are authentic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 21, 2026

Gabriel Trujillo, just 8 or 9 years old, wrote that he would be a stapler.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 29, 2023

I watched for a while as “Elvis” star Austin Butler drifted with slow, inexorable determination toward Cruise, who finally pulled the younger man toward him by clamping a hand on his shoulder like a stapler.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2023

He gives somebody a stapler and he says, "Oh, I'm going to be president one day. Hold on to that."

From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2021

The paper, the stapler, the staples, the tape.

From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer


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