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as in document
a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it handed in the correct papers

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as in article
a short piece of writing done as a school exercise write a paper about your favorite author

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as in essay
a short piece of writing typically expressing a point of view the papers written by the Founding Fathers urging adoption of the federal constitution

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adjective

as in titular
being something in name or form only there's a paper boycott of that company's products that nobody seems to be honoring

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Recent Examples of paper
Noun
Figure out a storage solution for holiday decorations, wrapping paper, and crafts to keep your supplies organized and in good shape for next year. Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2025 When filing a claim, customers were able to choose between multiple forms of digital payment for a paper check. Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 May 2025
Adjective
Staples, clips and other non-paper materials must be removed. Shirley MacFarland, cleveland, 26 Aug. 2022 Some theater owners have told customers that certain sizes are available only in those non-paper options. Erich Schwartzel, WSJ, 31 May 2022 See All Example Sentences for paper
Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper
Noun
  • PDFs are highlighted as a new favorite for cyber attacks, given user wariness as regards Office documents.
    Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
  • The process starts with a conversation, followed by a review of the franchise disclosure document.
    Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 3 May 2025
Noun
  • In 1934, South Carolina newspaper archives include a traveler's story of encountering salted watermelon and pumpkin seeds at restaurants in Hiroshima, Japan.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Conclave members are sworn to absolute secrecy and have minimal contact with the outside world: Televisions, radios, phones, cameras, computers, newspapers and magazines are banned, and no written or verbal correspondence with anyone outside the conclave is allowed.
    Christopher Watson, ABC News, 25 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Listen to this article 3 min Meghan Markle stopped to smell the roses on Sunday with her two children.
    Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 28 Apr. 2025
  • Listen to this article WASHINGTON — The Mets’ bullpen has been dominant over the last month, protecting leads for four innings or more as the starting rotation has struggled to go deep into games in the first month of the season.
    Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 27 Apr. 2025
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  • Along with Marcus Aurelius, Seneca is likely the best known of the Stoic philosophers, and his Letters From A Stoic continues to be a relevant essay almost 2,000 years after publication.
    Theodore McDarrah, Forbes.com, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Hamdan Ballal, co-director of the celebrated documentary No Other Land, has published a new essay about being beaten and degraded by Israeli settlers, then blindfolded and detained at an army base, just weeks after winning an Academy Award.
    Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 25 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sure, Thunderbolts* also features the titular dysfunctional team of antiheroes in a big fight against the unstable, Superman-like Sentry/Void a.k.a.
    Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 3 May 2025
  • The Vampire Lovers is loosely based on the 1872 gothic novella Carmilla, one of the earliest works of vampire fiction — and the titular vampire just so happens to be a big ol’ lesbian, as is the Carmilla of The Vampire Lovers.
    James Factora, Them., 2 May 2025
Noun
  • These low-maintenance plants take to pruning and shaping as needed, but look lovely in their natural form.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
  • In addition to sculpture and installation, Nkanga is also a poet; a role that deepens her intuitive, layered relationship to language and form.
    Okla Jones, Essence, 3 May 2025
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  • Her poetry, short fiction and Opinion columns have been published in literary journals and newspapers.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Apr. 2025
  • Those who eat more than 300 grams of chicken per week are 27% more likely to die from any cause than those who eat less than 100 grams, according to the study, which was published in the journal Nutrients on April 17.
    Ashley J. DiMella, FOXNews.com, 26 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • Given the trades, personnel choices, position against the cap and current composition of the Heat roster, shouldn’t the front office be held accountable?
    Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2025
  • Top Ocean Predators This transition shifted the composition of top predators in the ocean, essentially changing the oceanic food webs of the Late Cretaceous, according to Valentin Fischer of the Université de Liège in Belgium and his colleagues.
    Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025

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“Paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper. Accessed 9 May. 2025.

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