How to Use stapler in a Sentence
stapler
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And all the girlfriends had staplers going click-click-click.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
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The project manager of the year is given a large, sparkling sword, and the office worker of the year is presented with a gold stapler.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2022
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Clearly, Jim has come a long way from his stapler in jello prank nine years prior.
—Laura Furr Mericas, Chron, 2 Jan. 2021
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The paper clip is an office staple – not to be confused with the office stapler.
—CBS News, 22 May 2022
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Jim putting Dwight’s stapler in Jell-O, or putting the full contents of Dwight’s desk into the office vending machine?
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2020
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The magazine was put together with a stapler and a mimeograph machine in the home of one of the editors.
—Ronald Radosh, The New Republic, 5 May 2021
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That’s what the instructions told us to do, the way you’re supposed to use Swingline staples with your Swingline stapler.
—Anne Fadiman, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023
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In one study, participants were asked to assign names to everyday items, such as a mug or a stapler.
—Kathryn Hymes, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022
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Much of his work was put out by small publishers, often as small as Hirschman’s room, outfitted with a copy machine and stapler, and a print run of 150 copies.
—Sam Whiting, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Aug. 2021
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Then the customer threw the bottle of hand sanitizer at the waitress, who responded by throwing the stapler.
—Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 4 Jan. 2021
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If you’re untrained in suturing and happen to have a skin stapler, use that (anyone can order one online).
—Malia Wollan, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2020
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During the robotic portion, the first thing that needed to be done was to close the lower vena cava, the large vein that brings blood to the heart, and the main artery that supplies the kidney with blood, using a special stapler.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 24 Nov. 2022
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On other occasions Souw is reported to have thrown files, boxes and a metal stapler at the first woman.
—Patrick Frater, Variety, 18 May 2022
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The Arthur Andersen name also lives on through an assortment of scattered objects, including a used stapler that’s up for sale on eBay for $2,500.
—Mark Maurer, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2022
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Filled with moments that have since become GIFs, such as Milton's iconic red stapler and the brutal destruction of an office printer.
—Amy MacKelden, ELLE, 1 Jan. 2023
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He’s also accused of throwing objects at workers, including a stapler and a baked potato.
—Peter Marks, Anchorage Daily News, 18 Apr. 2021
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Maryann Martindale, the academy’s executive director, said one physician recently told her about a patient who’d thrown a stapler at a nurse, who was barely able to dodge it.
—The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Oct. 2021
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Among the allegations: that the mogul threw a stapler and a baked potato at coworkers; slammed a computer monitor down on an assistant’s hand; regularly berated and fired those working for him; and went through more than 100 assistants in five years.
—Anousha Sakoui, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2021
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Police also found dog fighting guides and magazines, breeder information, a skin stapler and veterinary medicine, authorities said.
—Jesse Leavenworth, courant.com, 21 Oct. 2021
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The most outrageous misdeeds alleged in the article — which quoted several of Rudin’s former employees — included slamming a computer monitor on an assistant’s hand and throwing a stapler and a baked potato at two others.
—Washington Post, 18 Apr. 2021
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Anecdotes included Rudin purportedly smashing a computer monitor on an assistant's hand; throwing a glass bowl, a stapler, and other items at staffers; and lying to disrupt former employees' careers.
—Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 21 Apr. 2021
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The article included instances of violent abuse suffered by assistants and inflicted by Rudin, who allegedly smashed a computer monitor on an assistant's hand, hurled a baked potato at another's head, and threw a stapler at a theater assistant.
—Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 1 Oct. 2021
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And all the girlfriends had staplers going click-click-click.
—Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 9 Mar. 2023
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The project manager of the year is given a large, sparkling sword, and the office worker of the year is presented with a gold stapler.
—Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 28 Oct. 2022
-
Clearly, Jim has come a long way from his stapler in jello prank nine years prior.
—Laura Furr Mericas, Chron, 2 Jan. 2021
-
The paper clip is an office staple – not to be confused with the office stapler.
—CBS News, 22 May 2022
-
Jim putting Dwight’s stapler in Jell-O, or putting the full contents of Dwight’s desk into the office vending machine?
—Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2020
-
The magazine was put together with a stapler and a mimeograph machine in the home of one of the editors.
—Ronald Radosh, The New Republic, 5 May 2021
-
That’s what the instructions told us to do, the way you’re supposed to use Swingline staples with your Swingline stapler.
—Anne Fadiman, Harper’s Magazine , 10 Feb. 2023
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In one study, participants were asked to assign names to everyday items, such as a mug or a stapler.
—Kathryn Hymes, The Atlantic, 14 Apr. 2022
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