dead-tree
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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But some patrons, like Ms. Beaky, had old-fashioned piles of dead-tree matter, wrapped with request slips bearing their names.
From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2020
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
The tome—304 pages for the dead-tree version—is written by Madhup Gulati, Adeesh Fulay, and Sudip Datta.
From Forbes • Aug. 9, 2013
You couldn't blame them, really, but for those of us who were fully in the computer age, those dead-tree sheets meant tedious extra work.
From Slate • Apr. 11, 2012
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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