paper mill
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paper mill
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paper + mill
noun paper mills · papermill
- A factory devoted to making paper from wood pulp and other ingredients.
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An organization that unethically sells pre-written papers to students.
Similarly, buying papers from paper mills, or paying for someone else to write a paper, is obviously dishonest and is a clear example of plagiarizing.
Similar: essay mill
- An organization that produces large volumes of poor-quality or forged research papers. Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are complicating publishers’ efforts to tackle the growing problem of paper mills — companies that produce fake scientific papers to order.
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noun factory
| Español | papelera, fábrica de celulosa, fábrica de papel |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 製紙工場 seishikōjō |
| Português | papeleira |
| Français | papeterie |
| Deutsch | Papierfabrik |
| Italiano | cartiera |
Talk about this word "paper mill." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/paper%20mill. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. paper mill. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/paper%20mill "paper mill." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/paper%20mill.Cite this
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title = {paper mill},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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