Scotch tape
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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Hundreds of Belgians living near a 3M plant have sued the US multinational maker of Post-it and Scotch tape over pollution from so-called "forever chemicals" in a trial that opens on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Feb. 24, 2026
Shares of 3M slipped in early Tuesday trading, as the Post-it Notes, Scotch tape and Command strips maker’s quarterly earnings beat and in-line profit outlook was overshadowed by a broad-market selloff.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 20, 2026
I was holding it together with Scotch tape and paper clips.
From Salon ● May 23, 2025
Auchincloss hopes they might decide to get out of the highway business altogether: “Instead of using Scotch tape and glue to fix it, let’s just think differently from first principles.”
From Slate ● Aug. 28, 2024
“You thought a piece of Scotch tape would trap them there?”
From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix
It’s also a relief in terms of style: After four years of Scotch-taped ties and generally upsetting aesthetics, we can finally expect some more appealing visuals.
From Slate ● Jan. 20, 2021
So while Kate Spade the company may have begun with a handbag — Spade Scotch-taped her ideas together out of paper when she was an editor at Mademoiselle magazine — it didn’t end there.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2018
A second piece of Scotch-taped paper bears an aphorism of Weinstein’s own coinage: “Help Defeat Self-Imposed Helplessness.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 26, 2017
Yes, the country is barely Scotch-taped together and we have months of repairs ahead of us.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2016
Mom has swiped a big paper calendar from work and Scotch-taped the month of April to the kitchen wall.
From "When You Reach Me" by Rebecca Stead
You can also have an instant face-lift by Scotch-taping your temples.
From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2016
Speechwriter Patrick Anderson had written the first version, but Carter wrote at least three more drafts, sometimes spreading the paragraphs out like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle and Scotch-taping them into a new arrangement.
From Time Magazine Archive
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