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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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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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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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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Once at the jail, the man refused to sign paperwork and banged on the window and doors of his detoxification cell.
—cleveland, 12 Aug. 2022
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And the paperwork, and all of the bureaucracy to make that happen is very cumbersome, takes a few hours of your time.
—Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN, 31 July 2022
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The dhow’s crew lacked official paperwork, which allowed the U.S. boarding team to search the vessel.
—Alex Horton, Washington Post, 16 Jan. 2024
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Sheriff Chan Bryant confirmed that the agents had shown badges and paperwork to a bailiff beforehand.
—Gene Johnson and Heather Hollingsworth, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
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Many Americans, much to the dismay of their local DMV offices, are scrambling to get paperwork in order before the deadline to increase their chances of getting it by the deadline.
—Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2025
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