clipboard
noun
clip·board
ˈklip-ˌbȯrd 
1
: a small writing board with a clip at the top for holding papers
2
: a section of computer memory that temporarily stores data (such as text or a graphics image) especially to facilitate its movement or duplication
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Becker described a healthcare experience where patients still arrive at appointments filling out repetitive clipboard forms while providers struggle to retrieve prior imaging, outside records or basic historical context that already exists somewhere else.
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Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Anyone who signed their name on a clipboard already knows the flaws.
—Adam Davis, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Perhaps the most animated of all is the bald guy with the clipboard who jumps for joy and punches the air.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators vice president and art teacher Rae LeGrone stood with a clipboard, alongside Erin DeMund, a teacher at Oaklawn Language Academy who had arranged a similar, though smaller, demonstration a week earlier in Charlotte.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2026
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Demetri Giannikopoulos, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
Anyone who signed their name on a clipboard already knows the flaws.
—Adam Davis, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026
Perhaps the most animated of all is the bald guy with the clipboard who jumps for joy and punches the air.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 May 2026
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Association of Educators vice president and art teacher Rae LeGrone stood with a clipboard, alongside Erin DeMund, a teacher at Oaklawn Language Academy who had arranged a similar, though smaller, demonstration a week earlier in Charlotte.
—Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2026
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clipboard
noun
clip·board
ˈklip-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
1
: a small board with a clip at the top for holding papers
2
: a part of computer memory used to store data temporarily
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