paper clip
Example Sentences
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A magnet roughly the size of a pinhead can lift a paper clip against the gravitational pull of the entire Earth.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026
One common thought experiment is that a superintelligent machine told to maximize paper clip production could in time decide to turn all matter on Earth into paper clips, humans included.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
After a few weeks, Webb had read it and stuck a paper clip — about 500 in all — over every passage that might offend the higher-ups.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 28, 2025
The paper clip scenario and others like it are science fiction.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 12, 2023
So he asked a friend if he could have a paper clip.
From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon
