How to Use paperwork in a Sentence
paperwork
noun- The lawyer had us fill in the paperwork for the mortgage.
- She failed to file the paperwork on time.
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What about all the paperwork that comes at the end of the campaign?
—Kourtney Pope, refinery29.com, 9 May 2022
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The nurse thinks a child might help if the paperwork doesn’t come through.
—Stephen Saito, Variety, 14 Sep. 2024
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About a third of the chamber’s 435 members have filed the paperwork to do so.
—Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com, 15 Jan. 2022
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The story of the artwork played out through tons and tons of paperwork.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 21 Feb. 2025
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Her son, still in college, oversaw the front desk and the paperwork.
—Corina Knoll Ben Laffin Mark Abramson, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
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But De Souza said these kinds of schemes are far more than just paperwork crimes.
—NBC News, 11 Apr. 2022
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The district had started the process more than a year ago but didn't complete the paperwork.
—Ryan J. Foley The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 27 Jan. 2024
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The people come first, and the paperwork will come second.
—CBS News, 2 Apr. 2023
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This monthly process avoids a backlog of paperwork for the staff.
—Williesha Morris | Wmorris@al.com, al, 7 July 2023
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Three months later your lawyer sends you the start paperwork.
—Anonymous, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 June 2023
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Doan’s mom filled out the paperwork and accompanied her son to the States.
—Susan Young, Peoplemag, 24 Sep. 2023
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In the meantime, grief overlaps with paperwork and phone calls.
—Melanie Stetson Freeman, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Mar. 2025
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In the late 1980s, when the loan was taken, Mr. Jones was in a job-training program and filled out a mountain of paperwork.
—New York Times, 25 May 2022
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No one must finish their job and then go fill out paperwork.
—John Clemons, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
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The non-fiduciary role will last for 10 years or until her death, the paperwork states.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 2 Nov. 2023
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After more yelling between the two, Li accuses the deputy of being a fake, throws the paperwork and slams the door shut.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
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JetBlue’s customer service advised her to bring the paperwork to the airport on the day of her flight.
—Amanda Morris, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2023
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Appoint a spouse, child or close friend to help with the appeals process, keep track of paperwork and speak on the patient’s behalf.
—Julie Washington, cleveland, 14 Mar. 2022
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The rescue was present when she was put down, and gave Siler and Flores the paperwork to formally adopt her.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 7 July 2023
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Most, if not all, of the Chinese people aboard the vessels had paperwork and cellphones.
—David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2025
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Many of us never think of keeping a receipt or paperwork for a gift card.
—Susan Tompor, Detroit Free Press, 21 Dec. 2022
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Two candidates filed paperwork to run for the city’s top job last year: Safraaz Alli and Gertrude Pierre.
—Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 10 May 2022
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Most places take care of the entire process by walking you through the sales paperwork and transferring the title.
—Elizabeth Rivelli, Car and Driver, 31 Mar. 2023
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There is also paperwork to be done and the annual hunt for a trusty shovel hiding in the tool shed.
—Ed Silverman, STAT, 19 Jan. 2022
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The lawyers never filed paperwork alerting the appeals court.
—Robert Faturechi, ProPublica, 5 Apr. 2024
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Mueller wrote in his paperwork obtained by Rolling Stone.
—Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2023
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Parham said the approval process for Anthropic and OpenAI took over a year from paperwork submitted to authorization granted.
—David Ingram, NBC news, 22 July 2025
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Doctors and their staff spend significant time and resources navigating insurance paperwork, so should be freed up to focus more on patient care rather than bureaucracy.
—Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 23 July 2025
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