clipboard
Americannoun
noun
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a portable writing board with a spring clip at the top for holding paper
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a temporary storage area in desktop publishing where text or graphics are held after the cut command or the copy command
Etymology
Origin of clipboard
Example Sentences
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Outside the nearby corner shop, Shahla, an elderly woman wearing a pale headscarf balances a loaf of bread on a clipboard securing her shopping list and a wadge of bills.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
A script supervisor wonders what she’s supposed to do as she regards a clipboard of blank pages.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025
The couple said that when they arrived at DTLA’s offices in April, a man came down to the lobby with a clipboard and gave them a piece of paper to memorize before going upstairs.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2025
Then I usually hear the tip of their pen jab the clipboard.
From Slate • Oct. 8, 2025
She tapped the clipboard again with her pen.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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