scrap paper
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Fun fact: That Post-it Notes were originally yellow was happenstance, too; that’s the color scrap paper the lab next door had available.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 4, 2026
Speaking to Rolling Stone in 1990, he said his mother "saved" him by encouraging him to draw on scrap paper rather than using colouring books, where "the whole idea is to stay between the lines".
From BBC • Jan. 17, 2025
Society has been running low on scrap paper for quite some time now!
From Slate • Sep. 19, 2023
The smallest squares of scrap paper dipped in natural dyes can become the perfect stash of quick little gift cards and special notes to special people.
From Salon • Apr. 27, 2023
Miguel found a stubby pencil and a slip of scrap paper.
From "Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics" by Chris Grabenstein
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