dead-tree
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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That’s what Kerf is suggesting, and it’s produced a dead-tree vessel that’s meant to hold precisely one Apple Card.
From The Verge • Sep. 2, 2019
A study by the Student Public Interest Research Groups concluded that students could save an average $128 a course if school swapped dead-tree texts for an open-source books.
From Washington Post • Aug. 17, 2015
He hunted for plaintiffs the old-fashioned way, paging through a hard copy of the Almanac of American Politics and dead-tree phone books to find frustrated former candidates like himself.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2015
The tome—304 pages for the dead-tree version—is written by Madhup Gulati, Adeesh Fulay, and Sudip Datta.
From Forbes • Aug. 9, 2013
Claude!”—The echoes multiplied the sound, and scared from their dead-tree roost a flock of vultures.
From Bonaventure A Prose Pastoral of Acadian Louisiana by Cable, George Washington
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