paste
noun
a mixture of flour and water, often with starch or the like, used for causing paper or other material to adhere to something.
has pasted
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present perfectof paste (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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To assist confused loyalists, the grocer has pasted a small sign by the entryway, adorned with the company logo and, in Whole Foods’s signature deep-green text, a reminder to passersby: “We’re Still Here!”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025
The shop has pasted over its old sign to alert customers that it is now “$1.50 Hot Pizza.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 9, 2021
Below these words, etched tastefully in the pedestal, someone has pasted a laminated white sheet of paper with a different Shevchenko selection:
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 14, 2015
In less than a year, Mr. Kejriwal, 45, and his party has pasted itself quite literally on city’s consciousness with aggressive campaigns and posters of brooms, symbolizing sweeping away the old order.
From New York Times ● Dec. 4, 2013
She has pasted on a horrible rictus of a smile, but at least she has enough self-possession for that.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
