Phrase guide

tear sheet

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A page torn from a periodical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • a. 2007, Mark A. Norell, quoted in, 2007, Wendell Jamieson, Father Knows Less, or, "Can I cook my sister?", Putnam, →ISBN, page 202, I brought him a tear sheet of a story in the New York Post about ligers, and he studied the accompanying photograph for days, even took it to school to show around.

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noun

Meaning 2

a sheet that can be easily torn out of a publication

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: sheet, piece of paper, sheet of paper

History

Etymology

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