Examples of paper clip in a Sentence
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Matchsticks are the bars of fire escapes, a pushpin is a light bulb, a paper clip fixed just right to a Popsicle stick end is a padlock, plastic beads are wheels on a dumpster.
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Liza Weisstuch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
Thread the tail of the slipknot (from Step 4) through the remaining hole, and knot a paper clip around the end to hold it in place.
—Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
Place large items, like files or notebooks, on top, and small bowls of binder clips, paper clips, or other small items underneath.
—Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
Contractors deliver everything from paper clips to medications.
—Steve Brozak, STAT, 16 Aug. 2023
The idea is that an AI system tasked with producing as many paper clips as possible might go to extraordinary lengths to find raw materials, like destroying factories and causing car accidents.
—Nir Eisikovits, Fortune, 7 July 2023
Another option is to bend a paper clip into an S shape and then insert one end into the stem end of the cherry to hook and pull out the pit.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 13 July 2023
This scenario, though unlikely, is worrying enough that top AI developers are getting into a regular habit of issuing open letters warning that the technology might, just maybe, extinguish all human life—if not via paper clips then…well, some other way, TBD.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 12 July 2023
That's like 4 paper clips in something the size of a washing machine.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
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Liza Weisstuch, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
Thread the tail of the slipknot (from Step 4) through the remaining hole, and knot a paper clip around the end to hold it in place.
—Rachelle Doorley, Parents, 16 Aug. 2023
Place large items, like files or notebooks, on top, and small bowls of binder clips, paper clips, or other small items underneath.
—Grace Gallagher, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 Aug. 2023
Contractors deliver everything from paper clips to medications.
—Steve Brozak, STAT, 16 Aug. 2023
The idea is that an AI system tasked with producing as many paper clips as possible might go to extraordinary lengths to find raw materials, like destroying factories and causing car accidents.
—Nir Eisikovits, Fortune, 7 July 2023
Another option is to bend a paper clip into an S shape and then insert one end into the stem end of the cherry to hook and pull out the pit.
—Sheri Castle, Southern Living, 13 July 2023
This scenario, though unlikely, is worrying enough that top AI developers are getting into a regular habit of issuing open letters warning that the technology might, just maybe, extinguish all human life—if not via paper clips then…well, some other way, TBD.
—Maya Singer, Vogue, 12 July 2023
That's like 4 paper clips in something the size of a washing machine.
—Erik Klemetti, Discover Magazine, 27 July 2023
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First Known Use
1851, in the meaning defined above
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“Paper clip.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/paper%20clip. Accessed 29 Sep. 2023.
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paper clip
noun
: a length of wire bent into flat loops that is used to hold papers together
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