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According to Wylie, former Cambridge Analytica CEO Alexander Nix once sent the Russian oil juggernaut Lukoil, which is sanctioned by the United States government, a white paper laying out all of the data Cambridge Analytica had on Americans. — Issie Lapowsky, WIRED, "Senators Grill Whistleblower on Cambridge Analytica's Inner Workings," 16 May 2018 The fact that her promised Brexit white paper is not appearing until after the summit is another annoyance. — The Economist, "Theresa May heads off a rebellion," 21 June 2018 May published a white paper of her Brexit plan Thursday, days after the resignations of Boris Johnson as foreign secretary and David Davis as Brexit secretary. — Jane Onyanga-omara, USA TODAY, "President Donald Trump arrives to Britain in 'turmoil'," 12 July 2018 The white paper, in one example of China’s upholding WTO commitments, notes that the government cut customs duties on foreign automobiles even as domestic car makers lagged behind in competitiveness. — Chao Deng, WSJ, "China Defends WTO Record as Trade Fight Looms," 28 June 2018 Google calls this method Fast Fourier Color Constancy (FFCC) and has published a white paper on the subject. — Vlad Savov, The Verge, "Google gives the Pixel camera superhuman night vision," 14 Nov. 2018 All the proposals in the white paper still have a long way to go before any potential implementation. — Eric Limer, Popular Mechanics, "If You Want To Fix Facebook, Tear Down Its Walls," 31 July 2018 The absence of a clear point of view in the white paper is striking. — Inga Saffron, Philly.com, "Philadelphia's preservation reform effort has lost its way | Inga Saffron," 29 Mar. 2018 The key ideas behind Lightning were proposed by Joseph Poon and Thaddeus Dryja in a 2015 white paper, but it's taken three years to translate the proposal into fully working code. — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, "Bitcoin has a huge scaling problem—Lightning could be the solution," 4 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'white paper.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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