Collocations for "papers"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "papers" in context.
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paper
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- [printing, writing, plain, lined, recycled, watercolor, copy, carbon] paper
- [glossy, satin, matt, shiny, heavyweight] paper
- are (all) out of toilet paper
- [wrapping, gift, present] paper
- UK: [A4] (size) paper
- [80] -gram paper
- [academic, university, research] papers
- [tabloid, broadsheet, daily, morning] papers
- a leaked [government, bank, political] paper
- [recycle, shred, fold, cut] paper
- [present, write, draft, edit, submit] a paper (on)
- write a paper for [class, school]
- your paper is due (on) [Monday]
- the paper [focuses, reports, touches] on [foreign policy, the war]
- [looked, sorted, went] through the papers
- the [officer, policeman] asked me for my papers
- [present, show, carry] (ID) papers
- [a few, 50] sheets of paper
- a [sheet, ream, pack, block] of (printing) paper
- (there were) a few papers on the [floor, desk]
- the [daily, town, Sunday] paper
- the [story, news] was [in all, all over] the papers
- the [front, back] [cover, page] of the paper
- can I see the paper?
- [read, flip through] the paper
- a paper [cloth, napkin, plane, airplane]
- (use) paper [plates, cups]
- made [from, of, out of] papier-mâché
- paper the [walls, living room]
- papered with [flowers, plaid, stripes]
- walls [are, were] papered with [flowers]
- paper over [the cracks, old paint, a scuff, the tear]
- paper over the [conflict, problems]
'papers' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Sunday
- binder
- chew
- clip
- correct
- desk
- disturb
- divorce
- draft
- end
- exit
- fan
- file
- gather
- grade
- headline
- identity
- junk
- landslide
- mark
- mess
- milk
- morning
- move
- muddle
- paint
- paper
- pass
- paste
- plaster
- scattered
- shred
- shuffle
- sift
- submission
- these