piece of paper

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Their dormers hadn’t been built yet; the lawns hardly had grass; the trees were plants held steady by sticks, a piece of paper attached by wire to the branches: “Apple tree.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

In London, he was taken to a small room, where he saw his photograph printed out on a piece of paper.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

"To me she's already a saint, the fact that it can maybe go down on a piece of paper will be amazing and she's local, all that, but she's already a saint in my eyes."

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

"People dream every year to have this piece of paper and the rosetta... it's something very special," Italian breeder and handler Mattia Fasso, 29, told AFP.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

She held out the heart-shaped rhinestone and the piece of paper that said, "taille 35."

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene