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wrapper

[rap-er] / ˈræp ər /
NOUN
covering
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In the living room, a blue resin coffee table shaped like a candy wrapper adds to the playful feel, along with vintage candy dishes.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 27, 2026

By stripping away that maturity safety net, the ETF wrapper can leave investors with continuous exposure to interest-rate volatility and turn what’s designed to be an inflation shield into a more speculative market trade.

From MarketWatch ● May 27, 2026

Cutting back on the amount of chocolate while having the same kind of wrapper meant that customers were being misled, Bremen regional court ruled.

From BBC ● May 13, 2026

And at a Valentine's Day viewing of Wuthering Heights earlier this year, a woman nearby in the auditorium was eating a huge chocolate heart, unwrapping a crinkly wrapper in the process.

From BBC ● Apr. 24, 2026

“It’s a wrapper from something, and it needs to get thrown away.”

From "Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero" by Kelly J. Baptist

Connor Wray, the CFO, was passing through Chicago in a shirt that resembled the brand’s colorful wrappers when he was stopped by a TSA agent.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 5, 2026

What most Americans own is the belief that falling rates fix everything, purchased in two wrappers.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Fure said Kingston Cemetery, which "should be a place of natural peace, dignity, and reflection", was now home to cellophane wrappers, plastic plant pots, broken ornaments, artificial flowers, windmills and litter.

From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026

In many stretches, you’d be hard-pressed to stroll along the banks of the San Gabriel or Los Angeles rivers without meeting abandoned water bottles, candy wrappers, golf balls, sad-looking teddy bears, even shopping carts.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 15, 2026

It didn’t go out with the Baby Ruth wrappers and the fallen licorice whips.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger




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