white paper

noun

1

: a government report on any subject

especially : a British publication that is usually less extensive than a blue book

2

: a detailed or authoritative report

Examples of white paper in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Footwear loyalists have an emotional connection to their athletic shoe brands, according to a new white paper from CivicScience. — Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026

Nvidia and our cyber companies see no reason to coordinate a slowdown in cutting-edge AI model development, as Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for in his white paper a few weeks ago. — Matthew J. Belvedere, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026

But the zero-knowledge proof, which the tech company’s researchers had released in the first version of their white paper in March 2026, proved to be flawed. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026

Library patron Betsie Hale did quilling years ago when her children were in grammar school, making Christmas ornaments on white paper with pearls or rhinestones for her kids to give away as presents. — Janice Neumann, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for white paper

• caper
• raper
• scraper
• shaper
• taper
• vapor
• newspaper
• notepaper
• sandpaper
• skyscraper
• wallpaper
• wastepaper