toilet paper
noun
: a thin sanitary absorbent paper usually in a roll for use in drying or cleaning oneself after defecation and urination
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Students also reported reduced meal sizes, bathrooms without toilet paper, and classes that are now being taught by deans who do not have the same expertise as the professors who were fired.
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CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, in San Diego, supermarkets constantly ran out of essentials like toilet paper and napkins — yet that was never the case in Tijuana.
—Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
The couple eventually managed to fill up their shopping cart with some boxes of coconut water and other food/drink items as well as toilet paper.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The great toilet paper shortage of 1973 The drone story, unlike the others mentioned, was mostly harmless.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
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CBS News, 8 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, in San Diego, supermarkets constantly ran out of essentials like toilet paper and napkins — yet that was never the case in Tijuana.
—Tania Navarro, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2025
The couple eventually managed to fill up their shopping cart with some boxes of coconut water and other food/drink items as well as toilet paper.
—Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 6 Mar. 2025
The great toilet paper shortage of 1973 The drone story, unlike the others mentioned, was mostly harmless.
—Harry Enten, CNN, 28 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for toilet paper
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“Toilet paper.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/toilet%20paper. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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