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

The white paper said developing reliable high-temperature heat pump technologies and optimizing factory steam demand can lower implementation barriers and increase the proportion of thermal demand covered. — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 31 July 2026

The white paper suggests that Sazerac has no intention of fixing something that isn’t broken. — Chris Perugini, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

My tournament-field numbers suggest the concentration is meaningfully higher, and rising, at precisely the tier the white paper itself flags as most important. — Douglas Depeppe, Sportico.com, 27 July 2026

Schmidt and five other researchers wrote in a white paper that the new low underscores the urgency of using less water. — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 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