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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
The author of numerous papers on investment policy and endowment governance, Bill serves as Managing Editor of the Bank of America Study of Philanthropy and has edited leading endowment studies covering a broad range of nonprofit organizations.
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William Jarvis, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Other information was in scientific papers.
—Jimmy Wales, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
While reading old papers, Greco was unable to find any research into how stabilimenta shape those vibrations.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2025
The Barabasi Lab’s Nature 150, for instance, conveys the importance of intellectual influence by creating a galaxy-like network of scientific papers and allowing users to travel through its colorful constellations of nodes and links.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
What To Know Around 90,500 people had voted with early ballot papers by Sunday, 35,512 of them registered as Republicans, 38,039 as Democrats, and 16,895 as other.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Officers also recovered personal papers in the name of Prince Denis in the vehicle.
—Isabelle Friedman, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
According to the papers, de Lesseps had only provided documentation from five meetings despite being ordered to go to two per week.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
And underpinning everything—the papers, notes, cuttings, photographs, correspondences and transcripts—is one question, asked again and again and again.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
William Jarvis, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2025
Other information was in scientific papers.
—Jimmy Wales, Time, 28 Oct. 2025
While reading old papers, Greco was unable to find any research into how stabilimenta shape those vibrations.
—Andrea Tamayo, Scientific American, 28 Oct. 2025
The Barabasi Lab’s Nature 150, for instance, conveys the importance of intellectual influence by creating a galaxy-like network of scientific papers and allowing users to travel through its colorful constellations of nodes and links.
—Big Think, 27 Oct. 2025
What To Know Around 90,500 people had voted with early ballot papers by Sunday, 35,512 of them registered as Republicans, 38,039 as Democrats, and 16,895 as other.
—Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Oct. 2025
Officers also recovered personal papers in the name of Prince Denis in the vehicle.
—Isabelle Friedman, Boston Herald, 27 Oct. 2025
According to the papers, de Lesseps had only provided documentation from five meetings despite being ordered to go to two per week.
—Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
And underpinning everything—the papers, notes, cuttings, photographs, correspondences and transcripts—is one question, asked again and again and again.
—Literary Hub, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for papers
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But Sia filed her own documents on Tuesday, countering Bernad's claims as to her sobriety, questioning his own, and leveling a new, incendiary allegation.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Oct. 2025
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According to court documents obtained by PEOPLE, the former couple has come to an agreement regarding custody for their 22-month-old son Halo Saint.—
Hannah Sacks,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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The research will be released across several scientific journals on a rolling basis.—
Evan Bush,
NBC news,
22 Oct. 2025
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Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in literary journals and anthologies, including The Best American Short Stories series.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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One or two sat on the floor, encircled by newspaper articles, glancing back and forth as if trying to decode a message.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Various articles and updates populate your Discover tab based on your interests.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
25 Oct. 2025
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Schwartz is the author of thirty books of fiction, essays, and poetry, including her novels Leaving Brooklyn, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, and Rough Strife, a finalist for the National Book Award.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
24 Oct. 2025
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And when, a younger generation comes up that has spent their school years using AI to help with their studying and help write their college essays or whatever, are those folks going to be much more comfortable with this kind of thing?—
Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
16 Oct. 2025
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The administration has withheld routine forms of assistance from Taiwan—including by downgrading a defense dialogue with the island, denying Taiwanese President William Lai the ability to briefly visit the United States while traveling elsewhere, and blocking a major arms sales package.—
Mira Rapp-Hooper,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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In this way, one of the first forms of life to have possessed a skeleton of any kind returns to the land.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Organized by Byron Coley, the Forced Exposure critic turned record label owner and jack-of-all-music-trades, the website hosts a selection of Albini’s rare vinyl records, concert posters, weird books, vintage T-shirts, unique artwork, poker items, and more belongings each week for fans to buy.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
29 Oct. 2025
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The candidates have positioned themselves around hot-button topics including private-school vouchers, access to books, and whether signs with inclusive messages should be allowed in classrooms.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
29 Oct. 2025
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Gray was an advocate for protecting the dunes, even writing op-eds in local newspapers.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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The same caveat applies with newspapers, Wikipedia, and any other independent organization.—
Jimmy Wales,
Fortune,
28 Oct. 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 30 Oct. 2025.
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