Thesaurus results for PAPERS

papers

noun

plural of paper

as in documents

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

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as in journals

a publication that appears at regular intervals we get the paper every morning

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as in articles

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

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as in essays

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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Recent Examples of papers The blockbuster trilogy of papers in the late 1990s showed that, mathematically, these two theoretical worlds (the AdS interior and the CFT surface) are the same. — Quanta Magazine, 25 Sep. 2026 Around 10 minutes later, Pinkney lunged at a man walking a dog with his girlfriend at the northeast corner of Central Park, narrowly missing him with his knife, according to court papers. — Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News, 25 Sep. 2026 The lawyer collected the papers and said Leigh was to leave the premises. — Josephine Reisman, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026 Too Many Refrigerator Door Items The fridge door‘s metal surface can be the home of many magnets, important papers, nostalgic photos and kids’ art projects. — Mallory Carra, The Spruce, 24 Sep. 2026 The papers, recording, infographic, and video all remain together within the same IvyCraft project. — New Atlas, 24 Sep. 2026 In a pair of 2026 working papers, NYU researchers Shuchen Meng and Xupeng Chen examine how AI adoption could affect investment behavior. — Mamadou-Abou Sarr, Forbes.com, 23 Sep. 2026 Lipson said the agents checked cards and papers from the man’s wallet before leaving them scattered on the road. — ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026 What did those student-athletes do to earn papers being served? — Arkansas Online, 19 Sep. 2026

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The French-language digital news media outlet La Presse reported Wednesday that court documents filed in Montreal showed that Canadian police had been monitoring Pierre for weeks and had placed his home under surveillance.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
Historic documents and artifacts help people remember their history, but keeping track of everything can be overwhelming, especially when the items come from an entire community.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of documents

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Ira Price, a U of C professor, had a house in Morgan Park but had to get to Hyde Park and used that bicycle at least a few times for the 6- to 7-mile trip, writing about it in his journals.

— Melinda Moore, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026
In one of these journals, called Notebook B, there is an incidental sketch, a few scratched lines like the barren twigs of a winter tree.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of journals

Noun

Further, DraftKings argues its use of marks is sometimes for newsworthy purposes, as protected by the First Amendment, namely to identify the subject of reporting and commentary in articles posted on the DraftKings Network.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2026
Her piece on Howie Rose incorporating snippets of lyrics by Howie’s beloved Beatles was brilliant, and all of her articles have been insightful and informative.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of articles

Noun

Her essays have been featured in the New Yorker, the New York Times magazine, the Paris Review, and Jezebel.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
The department pointed to a question asking applicants to identify their race and essays about hardship and diversity.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of essays

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Following the 2020 killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, burning, looting and other forms of mayhem broke out in Minneapolis and many other cities across America.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026
The dairy farmer agreed with a comment from Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins encouraging Americans to seek out other forms of protein, including turkey, amid a rise in the cost of beef.

— Hailey Bullis, The Washington Examiner, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of forms

Noun

Most self-help books say anger and grudges are self-defeating — there’s that line everybody uses that holding a grudge is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
Numerous books written by women who fled the FLDS community provide autobiographical and critical accounts of the group.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 22 Sep. 2026

Definition of books

Noun

Operating for nearly a century, Algani began in 1927 as a modest seller of newspapers, periodicals, and postcards before evolving into one of the city’s first international newsstands.

— Eleonora Giordani, Vogue, 17 Sep. 2026
People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026