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
In the inevitably dark self-analysis that followed, he admitted to doubts about his captaincy, wondering aloud whether the Ashes win at home had "papered over some of the cracks".
From BBC ● Jun. 11, 2014
The former occupant had papered the walls with newspapers and had pasted up figures cut out from the posters of some Kiralfy ballet, very gaudy.
From McTeague by Frank Norris
