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as in newspaper
a publication that appears at regular intervals
we get the paper every morning
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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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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
Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The 49ers are set to face off against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are a worse team on paper.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 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
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Noun
Mommy Pai’s, the latest venture from the masterminds behind Thai Diner and the late Uncle Boons, seems to follow this road map—on paper, at least.
—Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
The 49ers are set to face off against the Jacksonville Jaguars, who are a worse team on paper.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025
Adjective
In the financial world, assets can be divided into two types: paper assets, and non-paper assets.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for paper
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However, along with the official documents, Israel uncovered images of the activist with Birawi.—
Rachel Wolf,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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The following day, Kidman filed for divorce from her husband of 19 years, according to court documents.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
1 Oct. 2025
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Detroit Free Press Detroit Free Press The Detroit Free Press, founded in 1831, is a daily newspaper and media organization based in Detroit.—
Detroit Free Press,
Freep.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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Speaking to Variety in Helsinki, Nordenswan recalled coming across an article about the quirky mother-daughter duo in the late-2010s, when a Finnish newspaper profiled the women and their unconventional family arrangement.—
Christopher Vourlias,
Variety,
27 Sep. 2025
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Information for this article was contributed by Elise Morton of The Associated Press.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
28 Sep. 2025
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William Prud’homme, 34, posted his discovery on the r/TheWayWeWere subreddit, a channel dedicated to old photos, scanned documents, articles and anecdotes from the past.—
Daniella Gray,
MSNBC Newsweek,
28 Sep. 2025
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The essay dives into the 1961 Sports Broadcasting Act (SBA), which allows the NFL (and other leagues) to sell their media rights as a collective.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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Take-home essays could turn into entire books.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
26 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Lillard played Shaggy, one of the amateur detectives who leads alongside the titular talking dog.—
Leia Mendoza,
Variety,
28 Sep. 2025
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Does the titular showgirl have more coming before the final curtain call?—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The fossil chemicals in question are a special types of steranes, which are the geologically stable form of sterols, like cholesterol, that are found in the cell membranes of complex organisms.—
Maria Azzurra Volpe,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Overseas activists have tried to deliver aid in the past to Gaza but have either been intercepted by Israeli forces or come under some form of attack.—
Billy Stockwell,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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If confirmed, the findings, which were published in the journal Science, could radically alter our understanding of human evolution by showing that modern humans, Neanderthals, and related species co-existed across Asia for hundreds of thousands of years.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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The findings, published this month in the British journal Age and Ageing, are a substudy of the Cocoa Supplement and Multivitamin Outcomes Study, or COSMOS.—
Deirdre Bardolf,
FOXNews.com,
27 Sep. 2025
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In Apple’s testing, models via Private Cloud Compute perform better on things like writing summaries and composition compared to on-device models.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
25 Sep. 2025
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Tattoo artist Kelly Violet painted a haunting floral, while Cosmodernism did a composition inspired by microscopic chemical patterns.—
Paige Reddinger,
Robb Report,
25 Sep. 2025
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“Paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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