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construction paper

American  

noun

  1. a heavy groundwood paper in sheets of various sizes and colors for use especially in making posters and cutouts.


Etymology

Origin of construction paper

First recorded in 1920–25


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To find out, researchers attached live mosquitoes to strips of construction paper and dangled them in front of 19 ray spiders.

From Science Magazine ● Dec. 4, 2024

Yes, the activity of cutting photos and words out of magazines with scissors and pasting them onto construction paper.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 5, 2023

The prisoners create decorations for the visits, including colorful paper flowers, butterflies, family photos framed in construction paper and even the bouquet presented to Martinez by her daughter.

From Washington Times ● Jun. 5, 2023

On May 1, my friends and I made baskets of construction paper and filled them with flowers we picked.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 29, 2022

“We’ve used every scrap of construction paper in the whole district. And there’s no money in the budget to purchase more.”

From "Linked" by Gordon Korman

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