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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
After much back-and-forth, the two signed their divorce papers in July 2015.
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Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Congress may hold oversight hearings, and local police agencies will need guidance on their role in checking immigration papers.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Current law requires anyone who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot to remain on the ballot that voters see that election cycle.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Spitting Image notably took aim at Yoda in a previous season, avoiding legal papers from Disney in the process.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
In 1971, my mother crossed the border with no English, no papers, no money and a second-grade education.
—Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
But in court papers, Macey’s defense team moved to dismiss the indictment.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Sketching the future Within certain corners of the AI world, Leopold Aschenbrenner was already familiar as someone who had written blog posts, essays, and research papers that circulated among AI safety circles, even before joining OpenAI.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2023, while probing what origami was doing in papers about the Ising model, Galashin came across a question that caught his attention.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
Andrea Wurzburger, PEOPLE, 14 Oct. 2025
Congress may hold oversight hearings, and local police agencies will need guidance on their role in checking immigration papers.
—Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
Current law requires anyone who files nomination papers and qualifies to appear on the ballot to remain on the ballot that voters see that election cycle.
—Molly Beck, jsonline.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Spitting Image notably took aim at Yoda in a previous season, avoiding legal papers from Disney in the process.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2025
In 1971, my mother crossed the border with no English, no papers, no money and a second-grade education.
—Sofía Pereda, USA Today, 13 Oct. 2025
But in court papers, Macey’s defense team moved to dismiss the indictment.
—Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 13 Oct. 2025
Sketching the future Within certain corners of the AI world, Leopold Aschenbrenner was already familiar as someone who had written blog posts, essays, and research papers that circulated among AI safety circles, even before joining OpenAI.
—Sharon Goldman, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2023, while probing what origami was doing in papers about the Ising model, Galashin came across a question that caught his attention.
—Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine, 6 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for papers
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For its research, the gallery relies on a vast collection of auction catalogues and sales documents dating back decades, and also has scientists, academics and Egyptologists on call to help with examining objects and translating hieroglyphics.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
14 Oct. 2025
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Tellis, a State Department employee since 2001 who also worked as a contractor for the Office of Net Assessment within the Department of Defense, had a coworker print multiple classified documents for him during a visit to a DOD facility in Virginia on September 12, court documents allege.—
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories series.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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The museum's collection comprises more than 2,000 historic journals and memorabilia from the Western Frontier, the Civil Rights era, the Oklahoma City bombing, along with badges and guns used by the Marshals Service throughout the years, according to the museum's website.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
12 Oct. 2025
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Check back on the second Monday of every month for a new puzzle built on clues connected to scholarly articles available via JSTOR.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
14 Oct. 2025
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This is an installment of The Nightcrawler, a weekly collection of thought-provoking articles on tech, innovation, and long-term investing by Eric Markowitz of Nightview Capital.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
9 Oct. 2025
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And when, a younger generation comes up that has spent their school years using AI to help with their studying and help write their college essays or whatever, are those folks going to be much more comfortable with this kind of thing?—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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Jordan himself wrote a forward, which is followed by essays for the introduction and each section.—
Ian Servantes,
Footwear News,
16 Oct. 2025
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Today these works are well defined by Mondrian’s legacy, with his rigid paintings of black-and-white grids, sprinkled with rectangular forms in red, yellow, and blue.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
15 Oct. 2025
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Carbapenem may be used to treat severe forms of pneumonia; UTIs; foot, skin and soft tissue infections in people with diabetes; intra-abdominal infections and more.—
Hannah Millington,
MSNBC Newsweek,
14 Oct. 2025
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Forgeries, hoaxes, and other types of literary fakery have preoccupied Havens, a rare books and manuscripts curator at the university’s Stern Center for the History of the Book, for many years now.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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What books are on your night stand?—
New York Times,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
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Weiss spent most of her career on the opinion side of big American newspapers.—
Max Tani,
semafor.com,
13 Oct. 2025
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Her predilection for fun and romance was picked apart in newspapers’ high society columns.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
13 Oct. 2025
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News of Dye’s effort circulated widely within the conservative movement press, including in the periodicals Human Events and Liberty Lobby, as well as hyper-local conservative newspapers like the Birmingham Independent in Alabama.—
Time,
Time,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Papers.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/papers. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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