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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

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

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

He fiddles with the stapler in front of him and can’t maintain eye contact for more than a few seconds.

From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold


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