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paperwork

[pey-per-wurk] / ˈpeɪ pərˌwɜrk /
NOUN
office work
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The announcement was anticipated and comes a week after rival artificial intelligence firm Anthropic filed its paperwork and just days from the year’s most anticipated debut so far: SpaceX.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The company led by Sam Altman confidentially filed IPO paperwork with the SEC, the startup said in a written statement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

At Joon Um’s tax and accounting firm, new clients are told to finish their paperwork by March 1, or his team may be too busy to make the April 15 deadline.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 8, 2026

But it requires lots of paperwork, and it's a tough bar to meet: it must be proved that a business is a serious nuisance, or that disorderly, offensive or criminal behaviour is likely to occur.

From BBC • Jun. 7, 2026

They go back and forth because they’ve been living there since way before those borders existed and they have no paperwork because they don’t belong to anybody.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri



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