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stapler

[stey-pler] / ˈsteɪ plər /
NOUN
machine for fastening
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Elsewhere in the warehouse, an authenticator uses a device smaller than a stapler to scan a Louis Vuitton tote to help determine whether the leather, stitching and branding are authentic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 21, 2026

He sat down at the table with his tools — a pen, a stapler, some slips of paper — and put on his reading glasses.

From Washington Post • Nov. 18, 2022

In a semicircle around his head are boxes of bullets, printouts of charts, a heavy-duty stapler and a roll of tape.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2022

He gives somebody a stapler and he says, "Oh, I'm going to be president one day. Hold on to that."

From Salon • Jun. 14, 2021

In fact, there was a layer of dust on the lamp, the Rolodex, and the stapler.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen