paper
noun
a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
had papered
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past perfectof paper.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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For a long time, ChatGPT’s blistering growth had papered over these internal differences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 9, 2025
I walked the length of the floor several times before noticing that someone had papered over No. 514 and replaced it with a handwritten “513.”
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 16, 2019
To those who questioned the uprising over the Wilson legacy, students in a group called the Black Justice League wrote in December that Princeton for too long had papered over Wilson’s faults.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2016
Cook admitted here the other day that perhaps the team's successes during the past year had papered over a few cracks in his captaincy.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2013
The walls I had papered just as our nursery had been papered.
From The Professional Aunt by Wemyss, Mary C.E.
