white paper
noun
1
: a government report on any subject
especially
: a British publication that is usually less extensive than a blue book
2
: a detailed or authoritative report
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Policies were justified not with reference to morality or metaphysics but with citations of white papers.
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Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Born in 2021, Botto is based on a white paper by Klingemann, whose work has long explored coding and neural networks.
—Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
The white paper calculates that a top-earning couple retiring at age 67 in 2026 would collect $101,000.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, cut white paper into petals and hot glue them all together to create flower shapes.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
The hearings are ostensibly intended to gather information, all of which will be summarized in a white paper being written by researchers at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
The sector generated about $656 billion in direct revenue and supported 91,000 jobs, found a white paper by the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association and Futureneer Advisors.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The hearings are ostensibly intended to gather information, all of which will be summarized in a white paper being written by researchers at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.
—Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
If sheer tonnage of voter case studies and white papers could rescue a party, Democrats would be set for years.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
Born in 2021, Botto is based on a white paper by Klingemann, whose work has long explored coding and neural networks.
—Stephy Chung, CNN Money, 26 Mar. 2026
The white paper calculates that a top-earning couple retiring at age 67 in 2026 would collect $101,000.
—Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 25 Mar. 2026
Then, cut white paper into petals and hot glue them all together to create flower shapes.
—Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
The hearings are ostensibly intended to gather information, all of which will be summarized in a white paper being written by researchers at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.
—Calmatters, Mercury News, 16 Feb. 2026
The sector generated about $656 billion in direct revenue and supported 91,000 jobs, found a white paper by the Southern Africa Tourism Services Association and Futureneer Advisors.
—Preeti Jha, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
The hearings are ostensibly intended to gather information, all of which will be summarized in a white paper being written by researchers at the Terner Center for Housing Innovation at UC Berkeley.
—Ben Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
If sheer tonnage of voter case studies and white papers could rescue a party, Democrats would be set for years.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 11 Feb. 2026
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