stick-on
adjective
: having a sticky substance on one side for attaching to something
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As usual, under Horst’s system, each roll was meticulously logged in with a double set of stick-on numbers: first beside the photographer’s name in a school exercise book and second on the actual roll of film for processing in the darkroom.
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Gary Knight, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
The test uses a Tasso device—a painless, stick-on patch that draws blood in 10 minutes from a woman’s upper arm.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The first part comes from installing a waterproof stick-on layer to a roof to prevent rain from getting through, even if the wind strips away some shingles.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 June 2025
Stepping Into the Pressure Cooker That hair spray bottle is among the keepsakes in Ms. Matthews’s office on the 17th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, alongside a thank-you note from Stevie Nicks and a large framed photo of the rapper Jack Harlow with a stick-on mustache.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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Gary Knight, Rolling Stone, 1 Aug. 2025
The test uses a Tasso device—a painless, stick-on patch that draws blood in 10 minutes from a woman’s upper arm.
—Geri Stengel, Forbes.com, 29 July 2025
The first part comes from installing a waterproof stick-on layer to a roof to prevent rain from getting through, even if the wind strips away some shingles.
—Lauren Sommer, NPR, 11 June 2025
Stepping Into the Pressure Cooker That hair spray bottle is among the keepsakes in Ms. Matthews’s office on the 17th floor of 30 Rockefeller Plaza, alongside a thank-you note from Stevie Nicks and a large framed photo of the rapper Jack Harlow with a stick-on mustache.
—Callie Holtermann, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2025
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“Stick-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stick-on. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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