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

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

The position paper released by China's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday was part of an escalating war of words over wartime legalese that has unfolded across interested capitals in recent weeks. — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Oct. 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