stapler

Example Sentences

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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 sat down at the table with his tools — a pen, a stapler, some slips of paper — and put on his reading glasses.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

“You threw a stapler because you were scared,” Grace corrected him.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway