construction paper
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of construction paper
First recorded in 1920–25
Example Sentences
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The college holds a community gathering with counselors and chaplains on hand where we run through grief exercises and write memories of Paul on slips of colored construction paper.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
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
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
A lot has happened with the paper chain since that truckload of construction paper arrived at school.
From "Linked" by Gordon Korman
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