1
: one that pierces with a point
2
a
: one that adheres or causes adhesion
b
: a slip of paper with adhesive back that can be fastened to a surface
Examples of sticker in a Sentence
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My children mock me, but Hello Kitty stickers still adorn my laptop and birthday cards, as evocative to me as a tube of Bonne Bell Lip Smackers.
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Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2024
The $35,000 window sticker of Volvo’s compact SUV hits a sweet spot in the U.S. market, where most buyers cannot afford most EVs.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Rather than using a scalpel to collect skin tissue, the sophisticated sticker gathers samples from sensitive areas such as the neck, face and chest.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
The team’s fandom continues to grow with more logo stickers on cars and people wearing team shirts seen around town, in addition to flocking to the games themselves.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
Lately, though, that cultural pessimism seems to have come closer to home: fear of neighbors with a different flag in their apartment windows, anger at other parents in the school pickup line with the wrong stickers on their bumpers, even disdain for close relatives at the Thanksgiving table.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
Eagle-eyed Swifties on X (formerly Twitter) blew up the photo and discovered that the sticker on the physical vinyl says that Aaron Dessner, who was a producer on Swift's acclaimed 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, also produced The Tortured Poets Department.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Odle says that many low-income students might not be aware that their cost of attending stands to be a lot lower through FAFSA than the sticker cost schools advertise.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
The base window sticker for this top of the line model is $51,445.
—Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 25 Apr. 2024
The $35,000 window sticker of Volvo’s compact SUV hits a sweet spot in the U.S. market, where most buyers cannot afford most EVs.
—Reuters, NBC News, 25 Apr. 2024
Rather than using a scalpel to collect skin tissue, the sophisticated sticker gathers samples from sensitive areas such as the neck, face and chest.
—Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
The team’s fandom continues to grow with more logo stickers on cars and people wearing team shirts seen around town, in addition to flocking to the games themselves.
—Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 18 Apr. 2024
Lately, though, that cultural pessimism seems to have come closer to home: fear of neighbors with a different flag in their apartment windows, anger at other parents in the school pickup line with the wrong stickers on their bumpers, even disdain for close relatives at the Thanksgiving table.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
Eagle-eyed Swifties on X (formerly Twitter) blew up the photo and discovered that the sticker on the physical vinyl says that Aaron Dessner, who was a producer on Swift's acclaimed 2020 albums Folklore and Evermore, also produced The Tortured Poets Department.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 15 Apr. 2024
Odle says that many low-income students might not be aware that their cost of attending stands to be a lot lower through FAFSA than the sticker cost schools advertise.
—Simmone Shah, TIME, 11 Apr. 2024
The base window sticker for this top of the line model is $51,445.
—Tony Leopardo, The Mercury News, 31 Mar. 2024
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“Sticker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sticker. Accessed 28 Apr. 2024.
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sticker
noun
stick·er
ˈstik-ər 
1
: something that pierces with a point
2
a
: something that clings (as a bur) or causes clinging (as glue)
b
: a slip of paper with gummed back that clings to a surface
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