clipboard
Americannoun
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clipboards
plural
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
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of clipboard
Example Sentences
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They contact Movement and Control, and the next morning, an officer looks down at his clipboard and barks: “Pack your things. You’re moving to South Hall.”
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
An hour later, Channel 4's chief executive emerged into the evening, clipboard in hand, outside their offices in Horseferry Road, London.
From BBC ● May 22, 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 woman told her she’d been paid $20 to sue by a woman who hung around on the sidewalk outside the community center clutching a clipboard, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2025
Suddenly, Michael explodes out the front door, waving his clipboard and shouting, “What are you doing? I still have to count those!”
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
Two weeks later, I noticed the fire and safety team walking through the prison, holding clipboards, testing alarms, and inspecting extinguishers.
From Slate ● Aug. 11, 2026
As the chefs slave over their pots, five judges patrol the aisles with clipboards, making notes on their recipes and techniques.
From Barron's ● Feb. 19, 2026
LOS ANGELES—Every Friday for the past two months, nonprofit workers armed with iPads and clipboards have fanned out in South Los Angeles looking for immigrants living in the U.S. unlawfully.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 21, 2025
I literally went to a place after school where they wore white coats and held clipboards and watched me struggle through reading on these machines that would isolate word after word.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
It’s crowded with ten members of his recovery team armed with pens and clipboards.
From "Mockingjay" by Suzanne Collins
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