Thesaurus results for PAPERS

papers

noun

plural of paper

as in documents

a piece of paper with information written or to be written on it handed in the correct papers

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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 Michael still had the hospital discharge papers in his truck. — Ruby Cramer, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 Neither Meta nor Google will sell their stake in the company, according to the IPO papers. — Priyanka Salve, CNBC, 31 Aug. 2026 The papers served to underline how central banks are struggling to keep up with challenges introduced by technology. — Maria Eloisa Capurro, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2026 The city said the clerk’s role in processing nomination papers is a ministerial duty under state law. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Learning how to challenge what's presented in board papers and ask confronting questions is good practice in exercising influence without relying on positional authority. — Melissa A. Wheeler, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026 My mother has accused me of removing personal papers from her file cabinet. — Abigail Van Buren, Mercury News, 21 Aug. 2026 Instead, try to understand that your mother’s accusation may come from frustration with herself at having misplaced the papers. — Abigail Van Buren, Boston Herald, 21 Aug. 2026 While teaching a college writing class, Arianna Anaya discovered that an administrator was reading the papers her students uploaded to the school’s learning management software and the comments Anaya made on the work. — Cathy Bussewitz, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Before Saylor Hayes’ parents were arrested in connection with the 5-year-old girl’s death this week, the couple had been charged with child abuse and had a history of drug use, court documents show.

— Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Johnson had also issued an arrest warrant against him in March, ruling him in contempt of court at that time over failing to turn over the financial documents, including state and federal tax returns along with bank statements and other filings.

— Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of documents

Noun

Historians have gleaned information from journals, letters and diaries, about their dialect.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
The organization has generated $13 million in research, published 25 studies in scientific journals and created innovative programs to support veterans, according to its website.

— Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026

Definition of journals

Noun

Some publications may remove articles from search engine indexing, but this is uncommon and typically requires a strong justification.

— Victoria Marshall, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
In a rebuttal argument, prosecutor Marc DiGiacomo pointed to a scrapbook Davis kept containing articles about Shakur.

— Jonathan Landrum Jr, Chicago Tribune, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of articles

Noun

Dolly Parton's mass appeal, which transcends cultural, political and generational lines, is so intriguing that piles of books, essays, podcasts, TV shows and other media aim to get to the bottom of it.

— Heather Bushman, IndyStar, 27 Aug. 2026
This is part of a series of essays drawn from the Georgetown Global Dialogues, an ongoing program convening writers and intellectuals, many from the Global South, to discuss ways of confronting our current political crises.

— Pankaj Mishra, The New York Review of Books, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of essays

Noun

Unf***ing themselves took multiple forms and involved being fleet of foot.

— George Caulkin, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
Some of Western civilization’s greatest artists, including Botticelli, Raphael, Rubens, Canova, Cezanne, and Picasso, have all adapted their forms according to the tastes of the time.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of forms

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By the end of the night, Chicago had nine in total as part of a 17-3 rout that cemented August 2026 as one for the record books for the North Siders.

— Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026
Chase said the acquisition marked an expansion of the library’s collecting interests beyond its millions of rare books, manuscripts and historical items spanning from the 11th through the 21st centuries.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of books

Noun

People who might be lucky to have a roof over their heads gathered there to read American books and periodicals, watch American movies, listen to lectures about America, tap their toes to jazz from America.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026
It is anticipated that all IEEE periodicals will be included in the Integrity Hub screening by the end of this year.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026