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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
First Brands transferred more than $10 million to Battery Park between 2018 and 2025 to pay for his and his family’s personal expenses, according to court papers.
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Jonathan Randles, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Proof of service includes a military ID card, VA card, or discharge papers.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Today in the Planet Money newsletter, five recent papers that lit lightbulbs in our brains, and are maybe worth taking a look at.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Musty libraries are filled with books, papers and photographs; in one, a nearby coffee mug sits unretrieved.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Wendy Franco, Sil Lai Abrams, and Sherri Abernathy said in court papers filed in October 2024 that for more than a year, Simmons hadn’t paid 2023 agreements of more than $3 million total.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
The transcripts moved with her, idling among her papers.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Other papers in the journal took more specific aim at the theory.
—David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
In photos of her at the game, multiple angles appeared to show that the papers were the only contents of Hudson's bag.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Jonathan Randles, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
Proof of service includes a military ID card, VA card, or discharge papers.
—Gege Reed, Louisville Courier Journal, 5 Nov. 2025
Today in the Planet Money newsletter, five recent papers that lit lightbulbs in our brains, and are maybe worth taking a look at.
—Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Nov. 2025
Musty libraries are filled with books, papers and photographs; in one, a nearby coffee mug sits unretrieved.
—Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 3 Nov. 2025
Wendy Franco, Sil Lai Abrams, and Sherri Abernathy said in court papers filed in October 2024 that for more than a year, Simmons hadn’t paid 2023 agreements of more than $3 million total.
—Victoria Bekiempis, Rolling Stone, 3 Nov. 2025
The transcripts moved with her, idling among her papers.
—Michael Schulman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025
Other papers in the journal took more specific aim at the theory.
—David Merritt Johns, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2025
In photos of her at the game, multiple angles appeared to show that the papers were the only contents of Hudson's bag.
—Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for papers
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The United States supported the anti-communist massacres, providing lists of senior communist party officials, equipment and money to the Indonesian army, according to official documents that were declassified in 2017.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
11 Nov. 2025
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The Sin City star filed for divorce in Los Angeles County court in February, citing irreconcilable differences, according to documents reviewed by Entertainment Weekly at the time.—
Lauren Huff,
Entertainment Weekly,
11 Nov. 2025
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Eventually, scientists’ misgivings, expressed largely in academic journals and to journalists, erupted into outright dissent.—
Sophie Yeo,
The Dial,
4 Nov. 2025
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When the film was being conceived, says Viduleja, the discovery of the director’s personal journals was a breakthrough moment.—
Will Tizard,
Variety,
2 Nov. 2025
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Keep a distance from water, wet articles, and metal objects.—
NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
10 Nov. 2025
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While Grokipedia is dwarfed by Wikipedia’s more than 7 million English-language articles, Musk said in a post on his social media platform X that Grokipedia will exceed Wikipedia by several orders of magnitude in breadth, depth, and accuracy.—
Harry Booth,
Time,
9 Nov. 2025
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There are love letters to the dead in Lasky’s life interwoven into these essays, including to her father (a judge who died, slowly, from Alzheimer’s), her artist mother, her dog Lucy, beloved poet friends, Mayer herself.—
Diana Arterian,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Steinem also hopes to get to more writing, especially essays.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
6 Nov. 2025
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Across fiction, documentary, and hybrid forms, these filmmakers are building a cinema that speaks first to themselves, and, in doing so, to everyone else.—
Essie Assibu,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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Palestinian-Saudi artist Dana Awartani, known for refiguring historical forms, themes, and tropes of Middle Eastern cultures, has been chosen to represent Saudi Arabia at the Sixty-First Venice Biennale, to take place May 9–November 22, 2026.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
11 Nov. 2025
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As a childless person who doesn’t teach I’ve been happily unaware that, due to standardized testing requirements that favor close reads of excerpts over whole books, there’s an entire generation of students who have very little contextual framework for the literature they’re being taught in school.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Simply Winnie will debut June 2, 2026 and is available now for preorder, wherever books are sold.—
Rachel Raposas,
PEOPLE,
5 Nov. 2025
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Her screeds are routinely cited in major newspapers and footnoted in lawsuits; her targets range from low-level government employees to the Pope.—
Antonia Hitchens,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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Formal inquiries began after complaints that personal information shared only in private realms was routinely exposed on the front pages of national newspapers, causing distress and compromising the safety of those targeted.—
Charlotte Reck,
CNN Money,
9 Nov. 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 29 Nov. 2025.
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