tear sheet

noun

A page torn from a periodical.

Meanings

nountear sheet (plural tear sheets)

plural tear sheets

  1. A page torn from a periodical.

    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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    This time, Tom went into a little more detail about the job, even including a tear sheet of an article from Colliers magazine written by Wernher von Braun.

    2004, John E. Grimm III, Clark A. Johnson, Rob Rains, My One Big Break, Spotlight Press, →ISBN, page 72
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