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
Verb
  • Earlier versions adhered more closely to the facts of what happened to Pam.
    — Josh Rivera, USA Today, 3 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of adhered
Verb
  • Abercrombie’s old mall identity was closely tied to the experience of walking in, making the space itself part of what shoppers remember about the brand.
    — Ashley Lynch, Kansas City Star, 2 Oct. 2026
  • With the score tied at one, Bryce Harper misplayed a routine fly ball to right field in the bottom of the 7th, allowing a run to score and setting up another to come in on a sacrifice fly.
    — Ian Miller OutKick, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of tied
Verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • Like her, Americans are also so tired of being screwed by an administration that’s not only grossly incompetent and cruel but corrupt as well.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026
Definition of screwed
Verb
  • The 21-year-old Dvorsky had his open shot at the net when goalie Jake Oettinger fell down after getting clipped by teammate Roope Hintz.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That's one reason medical pulse oximeters are clipped onto patients' fingers.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of clipped
Verb
  • The former congressman, 51, has pointed to voters who have become less attached to either party as a potential opening.
    — Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Jurors also considered firearm specifications attached to several charges.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of attached
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“Stapled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stapled. Accessed 5 Oct. 2026.

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