white paper
nounDefinition of white paper
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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Skeptics include Vitalik Buterin Last year, Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of the Ethereum platform, and others accused Sun of plagiarism because of similarities between the white paper explaining Tron’s purpose and those of other projects. — Jane Li, Quartz, "Crypto-bro Justin Sun represents everything Warren Buffett “can’t even” about crypto," 21 July 2019 Still, at a press conference in Beijing on July 24th about a new white paper on China’s defence, a military spokesman was asked whether troops might be called in. — The Economist, "Hong Kong’s violent protests against Chinese rule," 25 July 2019 In a white paper released Sunday, the Chinese State Council Information Office painted Xinjiang as a religiously diverse community where a number of faiths had co-existed for centuries. — Ben Westcott, CNN, "Xinjiang's Uyghurs didn't choose to be Muslim, new Chinese report says," 22 July 2019 There must be a base currency (or some equation) to examine, otherwise regulators are left only with a nebulous white paper. — Matthew De Silva, Quartz, "If Facebook can ban users, will its Libra cryptocurrency do the same?," 18 July 2019 China regularly publishes lengthy white papers to stake out key government positions, often to challenge critics from overseas who comment on its environmental or human rights practices. — Lingling Wei, WSJ, "China Says Trump Administration Is a Trade Bully as New Tariffs Take Effect," 24 Sep. 2018 The new white paper from Anna Godoey and Michael Reich at Berkeley provides more evidence that the impact on jobs is insignificant. — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, "A $15 minimum wage could lift 1.3 million out of poverty — and cost 1.3 million jobs," 8 July 2019 Facebook engineers designed the blockchain, but the technology will be open-source, meaning others may contribute to it, the white paper says. — David Ingram, NBC News, "Facebook to launch digital currency, 'libra,' in effort to create new payment system," 18 June 2019 And in 2018, the Chinese government published a white paper outlining its Arctic plans—and its intention to play a greater role in the region. — Neil Shea, National Geographic, "Scenes from the new Cold War unfolding at the top of the world," 8 May 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'white paper.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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