stapled

verb

past tense of staple
as in glued

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stapled
  1. glued
  2. clamped
  3. adhered
  4. tied
  5. pasted
  6. screwed
  7. clipped
  8. attached
Verb
  • 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
Verb
  • After the safeguard pipe is clamped, Juliette and her crew — including the mechanics, sheriff and Camille — venture down to the door Lukas found in the digger void.
    — Kelly Allen, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
  • CFMoto Stopping duties come courtesy of Brembo, featuring dual 320-mm front discs clamped by radial four-piston calipers and backed by a 260-mm rear disc.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of clamped
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  • McCarthy and his co-screenwriters, Noé Debré and Thomas Bidegain, have adhered closely to the actual transcripts of the conference in their efforts to recreate it.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 6 Oct. 2026
  • Earlier versions adhered more closely to the facts of what happened to Pam.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
Definition of adhered
Verb
  • In both instances, the ad from Never Going Back PAC, a group tied to Trump’s political operation, shows Lizer’s photo on screen while displaying Nez’s name.
    — Dan Merica, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • The Yankees’ title drought, tied for the longest since 1923, is the fault of many — players (including Judge) and decision-makers alike.
    — Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of tied
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  • The mural in question is pasted along the side of the Jolly Colliers Pub building in Bedminster, Bristol.
    — Francesca Aton, ARTnews.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Thin partitions marked an early attempt to slice the space into smaller rooms, but the original brick walls remained bare, shivering with cobwebs, where someone had pasted a picture of a man, holy hands bracketing a redbrick heart.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of pasted
Verb
  • Unavoidably the text has been chopped and channeled, with some swapping of parts, bits of narration screwed into dialogue and events described in a paragraph blown out into scenes.
    — Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026
  • Sometimes a lid isn’t screwed tightly, and your foundation proves its worth all over the inside of your bag.
    — Carin Ryan, Travel + Leisure, 15 Sep. 2026
Definition of screwed
Verb
  • The misjudgment meant the plane clipped a peak and crashed into a valley.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Ohtani clipped Drake Baldwin’s mitt with his bat and was awarded first base for catcher’s interference.
    — Maddie Lee, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of clipped
Verb
  • We are told Hat Trick Mercurio (HTM), the production company Mercurio runs with Hat Trick founder Jimmy Mulville, has submitted a proposal with Mercurio attached as an executive producer.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Although the Mitchell film Seyfried was attached to was nixed, director Cameron Crowe is behind another project, in which Meryl Streep is set to star as Mitchell in the later years of her life.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of attached
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“Stapled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stapled. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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