STAPLED Synonyms: 76 Similar and Opposite Words

stapled

verb

past tense of staple

as in glued

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Garden Art Wine corks can be glued together with a hot glue gun to create decorative birdhouses and wreaths to display in the garden.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026

Definition of glued

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Sharon Rocha's mitochondrial DNA clamped in the jaws of a pair of pliers found in [Peterson’s] boat, [and] the presence of concrete debris in the boat cover that matched both the homemade boat anchor and the concrete debris on his flatbed trailer.

— Erin Jensen, USA Today, 17 July 2026
His supporters have clamped their mouths tighter than the federal budget for diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

— Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

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But a new fastest time from UAE’s Florian Vermeersch on June 2 of this year — 23km at an average speed of 75kmh — suggests that not everyone has adhered.

— Chris Marshall-Bell, New York Times, 29 June 2026
The report found that excessive moisture had caused the adhesive to fail, leaving the roofing membrane no longer properly adhered, according to the lawsuit.

— Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 16 June 2026

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If Bitcoin remains mostly dormant monetary property, miners remain tied to block rewards, transaction fees, treasury strategy, power markets, and adjacent infrastructure plays.

— Sean Lee, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Rule 9 - Showdown tiebreaker If the game is still tied at the end of the two-hour time limit, Banana Ball has its own version of extra innings.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 27 July 2026

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Context is finite and costly, and anything pasted into it is a snapshot frozen at the moment of copying.

— Derek Williams, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
One of the best-selling nonfiction titles of 2014, Hard Choices runs to more than 600 pages, many of which consist of factoids copied and pasted from Clinton’s old speeches.

— Matthew Walther, The Atlantic, 20 July 2026

Definition of pasted

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Is this guy just saying we were screwed before, and we're still screwed now, just with more velocity?

— RJ Friedman, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Thus, the outright majority of American voters, the Independents, get royally screwed again in favor of folks who represent about a quarter of Americans, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision.

— Gary Franks, Hartford Courant, 6 July 2026

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