white paper

noun

Definition of white paper

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 Japan's annual defense white paper also pointed to China as Japan's main national security concern. Aj Willingham, CNN, 13 July 2021 A minute later, a pleasant young lady emerged from the kitchen with my order in a big white paper bag with a colorful MrBeast Burger sticker slapped on it. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 23 June 2021 A half dozen Manna technicians run the trial, loading deliveries -- that can weigh up to 2 kilograms -- into a white paper bag, which is placed into a removable cargo bay inserted into the drone. Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 13 June 2021 As Ian Bogost has written (and as that Apple privacy white paper confirms), Apple’s vast app store is a key cog in the surveillance-capitalist machine. Jacob Silverman, The New Republic, 26 Apr. 2021 The message was written on unlined white paper and was dated November 1926 — almost 95 years ago. Washington Post, 30 June 2021 In this white paper, Musk describes Neuralink’s first step towards a scalable brain-machine interface (BMI) system. Alex Zhavoronkov, Forbes, 17 June 2021 Subsequent images reveal some of her gifts, including one wrapped in beautiful white paper with light pink dot and tied with gauzy, pink bow and a green, leafy ribbon. Anna Chan, Billboard, 11 June 2021 The issue was mentioned in a recent white paper put out by the CPUC, as well as a study by the nonprofit Next 10 and UC Berkeley that looked at rising electricity rates in the state. Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Mar. 2021

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First Known Use of white paper

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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31 Jul 2021

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“White paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20paper. Accessed 9 Aug. 2021.

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