paperclip
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Imagine, he says, wanting to send a single paperclip to our neighboring star, Proxima Centauri.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 9, 2026
The smart earring prototype is about the size and weight of a small paperclip and has a 28-day battery life.
From Science Daily • Feb. 7, 2024
About the length of a paperclip but skinny as pencil lead, it’s translucent and sinuous like a jellyfish tentacle.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 26, 2023
They scrape away at the corroded contact with a paperclip.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2023
He handed Alan a small, desiccated lump, like a black bean pierced with a paperclip wire.
From Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Doctorow, Cory
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