stapler

Example Sentences

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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

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

Instead of situating its 256-room hotel and 100,000-square-foot hospital side by side, as might be the case on some campuses, Legacy sandwiches the two entities into a single 680-foot high-rise the shape of a stapler.

From New York Times • Jun. 23, 2020

“You threw a stapler because you were scared,” Grace corrected him.

From "Far from the Tree" by Robin Benway