: a length of wire bent into flat loops that is used to hold papers together
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Some offices have run out of paper clips.—Nicole Sganga, CBS News, 23 Apr. 2026 The doomers fret over rogue superintelligence, an AI that accidentally eliminates us while fulfilling a paper clip order.—Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 18 Mar. 2026 Group pens and pencils, paper clips, rubber bands, and note pads in different sizes of jars to clean up your office space.—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Feb. 2026 Tie the bands together, attach a paper clip to each end, then pull it around the broom and latch the paper clips together.—Cody Godwin, USA Today, 8 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for paper clip