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

Jim, on “The Office,” sticks Dwight’s stapler in Jell-O; Kenneth, on “30 Rock,” insists that he has to marry an envelope before he licks it.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 22, 2023

And hey, is that Stephen Root, the stapler nerd from “Office Space,” playing a leather-daddy biker?

From New York Times • Feb. 8, 2023

Or they’ll explain that they couldn’t find the box of printer paper they bought last month, or their hammer or stapler, so they bought another one.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

She searches in the supply closet for a stapler, and when she fails to find one, goes instinctively to Alice’s desk.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri