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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And in a Blue Cross Blue Shield Association white paper posted last summer, the number was even lower, 15%.
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
On the final day of the assembly, delegates ranged through the atrium and two adjoining rooms, voting on more than four dozen discrete recommendations written on sheets of white paper hung from walls and windows.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
The sign, written on a sheet of white paper taped to the door, features any number of messages, featuring the kind of adorable misspelling that will be familiar to anyone with kids.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
In the Senate, Senator Bill Cassidy (LA), the senior Republican on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released his own white paper on NIH reform earlier this year.
—Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 6 Nov. 2024
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Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025
On the final day of the assembly, delegates ranged through the atrium and two adjoining rooms, voting on more than four dozen discrete recommendations written on sheets of white paper hung from walls and windows.
—Nick Romeo, The New Yorker, 31 Dec. 2024
The sign, written on a sheet of white paper taped to the door, features any number of messages, featuring the kind of adorable misspelling that will be familiar to anyone with kids.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 2 Dec. 2024
In the Senate, Senator Bill Cassidy (LA), the senior Republican on the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), released his own white paper on NIH reform earlier this year.
—Byjocelyn Kaiser, science.org, 6 Nov. 2024
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