position paper

noun

: a detailed report that recommends a course of action on a particular issue

Examples of position paper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

China’s foreign ministry released a position paper while the case was in progress—which read remarkably like a legal brief—that the arbitrators considered as well. — Jill Goldenziel, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026

Different tabular datasets are also difficult to compare, explains van Breugel, who co-wrote a prescient position paper on this topic in 2024. — Benjamin Skuse, IEEE Spectrum, 9 July 2026

This report comes less than a year after the sustainability trade group published a position paper calling for improved integrity in the use of LCA data. — Jennifer Bringle, Sourcing Journal, 30 Mar. 2026

The National Association of Medical Examiners addressed the lung float test as part of a larger position paper released in October on investigating perinatal deaths, including stillbirths. — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 29 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1949, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for position paper

• caper
• raper
• scraper
• shaper
• taper
• vapor
• newspaper
• notepaper
• sandpaper
• skyscraper
• wallpaper
• wastepaper