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paperwork

[pey-per-wurk] / ˈpeɪ pərˌwɜrk /
NOUN
office work
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The company confidentially filed IPO paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission this month.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

OpenAI and Antropic have filed confidential paperwork to go public, and could begin trading late this year.

From Barron's • Jun. 12, 2026

The same name was repeatedly given to us on Hexthorpe Road by locals, including workers at the shop, but it is not mentioned on any official paperwork for the premises.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2026

Having all the paperwork done, such as a will or a list of passwords, isn’t helpful if the person left to do the administrative tasks doesn’t know where to find it.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

On the desk in the office, the paperwork I organized into folders is still stacked beside the computer, the book for signing out canoes still open to the last entry I recorded eleven days ago.

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam



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