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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
Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Voters can print the official petition at home on one sheet of ordinary letter-sized paper or fill out a form to have the petition mailed to them.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 7 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
This research is covered in two papers.
—Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2025
Voters can print the official petition at home on one sheet of ordinary letter-sized paper or fill out a form to have the petition mailed to them.
—Jon Coupal, Oc Register, 7 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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Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro (L) exchanges documents with Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) prior to the meeting with President of Russia, May 7, 2025 in Moscow, Russia.—
Robert Birsel
Shane Croucher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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The drugs included protonitazene and metonitazene, two synthetic opioids with respective potencies of 100 and 200 times more powerful than morphine, court documents say.—
David Ferrara,
The Enquirer,
4 Sep. 2025
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The Dabur ad in the Times of India newspaper even carried a QR code that took consumers to a shopping link on the Amazon India website, which captures about a third of domestic online sales.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Sep. 2025
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The show will also feature several sculptures, including a stack of newspapers that measures one year of the pandemic.—
Kristen Tauer,
Footwear News,
6 Sep. 2025
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The White House, presented with extensive questions for this article, sent a one-paragraph statement disparaging ProPublica and Dudek.—
Eli Hager,
ProPublica,
8 Sep. 2025
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Her athlete representative did not respond to an email from The Athletic to speak to her for this article.—
Liam Tharme,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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In an essay published in Vogue, longtime magazine editor Anna Wintour characterized Armani as a steely, dedicated and, above all, innovative force in the fashion industry.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Washington — The Federal Reserve must be relieved of its duties regulating the nation’s banks, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent wrote in an essay published Friday.—
Bryan Mena,
CNN Money,
5 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Over 35 years after the release of Tim Burton's 1988 horror comedy Beetlejuice, Michael Keaton reprises his iconic role as the titular character in the 2024 sequel.—
Emy LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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At its core, writer-director Bretten Hannam‘s tale follows two siblings (played by Blake Alec Miranda and Forrest Goodluck) traveling through the titular haunted forest in order to exorcise some demons from their lives.—
William Earl,
Variety,
6 Sep. 2025
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Around many of these newborn stars, the surrounding gas forms protoplanetary disks, dense fields of material from which planets can be born.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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The friends were both wearing some form of American flag on their outfits and were visiting from Syracuse, New York.—
BrieAnna J. Frank,
USA Today,
4 Sep. 2025
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Top-tier academic journals such as Nature, Science, the New England Journal of Medicine, and the Lancet have published reams of research funded by the Chinese Communist Party in recent years, a Washington Examiner review found.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
7 Sep. 2025
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The research has been published in the Nature journal.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
6 Sep. 2025
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Similarly, the discreetly mournful compositions of Giorgio Matteo and Aki Oliviero’s score hover politely on the periphery of the (in)action, careful not to intrude.—
Jessica Kiang,
Variety,
4 Sep. 2025
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CaSSIS, meanwhile, could provide insights into 3I/ATLAS' volatile activity and its composition.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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“Paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/paper. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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