on paper
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If you can afford to pay off the mortgage without leaving yourselves short of an adequate emergency reserve, I wouldn’t dismiss that choice completely just because it isn’t mathematically optimal on paper.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026
We’re both U.S. citizens, safe on paper, but what if the value of our papers has changed?
From Salon ● Oct. 18, 2026
Next up for Wales is Samoa on Friday, a game which on paper serves as their best chance at picking up a result, having also been drawn in Pool A alongside reigning world champions Australia.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026
While it’s a significant upgrade on paper, it’d be challenging to commercialize given uniformity issues during mass production, he says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
This, at least, is how it looked on paper.
From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
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