Scotch tape
Americanverb (used with object)
noun
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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
What do KPop Demon Hunters, SUVs, Scotch tape, and protein shakes all have in common?
From Barron's ● Oct. 22, 2025
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
The stains of Scotch tape once attached to his posters are visible on the walls.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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
President Obama was dissed for his “mom jeans” and President Trump, for his Scotch-taped and low-hanging neckties.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2018
Yes, the country is barely Scotch-taped together and we have months of repairs ahead of us.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 9, 2016
Most of the pictures she’d Scotch-taped to the walls were of TV stars, good-looking guys that Alex was pretty sure wouldn’t be welcomed at a convent, no matter how open-minded the sisters might be.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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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