white paper

noun

|Updated on: 21 Jun 2018

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

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The contract signed between Atesiano and Thomas Harrison was penned in handwriting with a royal blue magic marker on a single sheet of white paper.

— charles rabin and jay weaver, miamiherald, "Ex-police chief, 2 officers framed teen for burglaries in tiny Miami town, feds say," 11 June 2018
The New York City Bar Association endorsed repealing the statute last month in a white paper describing how the statute stymies transparency.

— ashley southall, New York Times, "4 Years After Eric Garner’s Death, Secrecy Law on Police Discipline Remains Unchanged," 3 June 2018
Elon Musk first proposed the idea of high-speed travel through vacuum tubes in a 2013 white paper.

— david freeman /, NBC News, "New hyperloop photos show capsule's sleek, windowless interior," 20 May 2018
That strategy was first outlined in an October white paper, and Mobileye CTO Amnon Shashua elaborated on that strategy in a Thursday blog post.

— timothy b. lee, Ars Technica, "Intel’s Mobileye wants to dominate driverless cars—but there’s a problem," 21 May 2018
The association released these and other findings in a white paper.

— irl hirsch, STAT, "Paying the price for insulin," 17 May 2018
Procedure Place your white paper on the ground, where the sun is shining through your pan.

— megan arnett, Scientific American, "Make Your Own Rainbow," 26 Apr. 2018
Ryan dives into white papers and Quality Whitetails Journal.

— daniel bice, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Bice: Forever tied to Trump, Paul Ryan leaves behind a mixed record over 20 years," 12 Apr. 2018
Before joining the Trump administration, Mr. Hassett wrote several white papers to help elevate the idea as part of an extensive, multiyear effort by the Economic Innovation Group to win support.

— jim tankersley, New York Times, "Tucked Into the Tax Bill, a Plan to Help Distressed America," 29 Jan. 2018

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