: one that inserts staples
especially
: a small usually hand-operated device for inserting wire staples
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Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Scissors, staplers and staples used to secure paper products.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Bidding started high—at over $120,000—so there are definitely some people who are serious about getting their hands on … the stapler.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 July 2025
Five are inventors of successful medical technology, ranging from an artificial elbow to a stomach stapler used for weight loss surgery, that’s earned them hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
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Noun
Electric staplers may also include bonus features like a refill indicator light, high-volume stapling and jam-free staple pathways for reducing annoying backups.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
Scissors, staplers and staples used to secure paper products.
—Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
Bidding started high—at over $120,000—so there are definitely some people who are serious about getting their hands on … the stapler.
—Chris Morris, Fortune, 11 July 2025
Five are inventors of successful medical technology, ranging from an artificial elbow to a stomach stapler used for weight loss surgery, that’s earned them hundreds of thousands of dollars in royalties.
—Elizabeth B. Kim, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for stapler
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“Stapler.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stapler. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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