blank page

noun

: a sheet of paper that does not have anything written on it

Examples of blank page in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web On Friday, The Journal’s print edition was wrapped in a special section, with a stark, blank page instead of a lead article under Mr. Gershkovich’s byline. Katie Robertson, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2024 Through the app, I’m offered an array of options – such as scan quality, color, single- or double-sided scans, file naming convention, blank page bypassing, destination folder, etc. Scott Kramer, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2023 Grey says there's just something meditative about turning over a blank page at the beginning of each week and carefully jotting down her schedule, plans, and workload. Medea Giordano, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2024 Every project starts in the same place: on a blank page. Alex Convery, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2023 The site is back up after spending parts of July 10 and 11 returning a blank page and a 429 error to any of the 5 million monthly users who might have been visiting. Rebecca Shortall, Vulture, 12 July 2023 The link to buy tickets to the show directs to a blank page. Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 10 July 2023 The Spot, a villain who sets the movie’s main plot in motion, looks like a blank page splattered with ink; each of his splotches opens up a little wormhole, in the same way that the pen stroke of a comic can open up another world. Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 14 June 2023 The next morning, when Paulina woke up in the hotel room, her future was a completely blank page. The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 16 May 2023

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“Blank page.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blank%20page. Accessed 27 Apr. 2024.

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