paperless office

collocation in English

meaningsofpaperlessandoffice

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paperless
adjective
uk
/ˈpeɪ.pə.ləs/us
/ˈpeɪ.pɚ.ləs/
A paperless office, classroom, etc. is one in which people store information and communicate with each other using computers, rather ...
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office
noun
uk
/ˈɒf.ɪs/us
/ˈɑː.fɪs/
a room or part of a building in which people work, especially sitting at tables with computers, phones, etc., usually as a part of a business or ...
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(Definition ofpaperlessandofficefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We are told that none of this really matters because we are moving to the age of thepaperlessoffice.
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It is the classicpaperlessoffice—no notes of meetings were taken.
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It is also known as thepaperlessoffice.
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There may be costs and temporary productivity losses when converting to apaperlessoffice.
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Being apaperlessofficeallows for quick turnaround time when completing policies and claims.
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It plays a vital role towards achieving the goal of apaperlessoffice.
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The prevalence of its use is one of the factors that prevented the development of thepaperlessofficeheralded early in the digital revolution.
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The beginning of this paper boom gave birth to the dream of thepaperlessoffice, in which all information would appear on computer monitors.
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Apaperlessofficewould have a single-source collection point for distributed database updates, and a publish-subscribe system.
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As paper correspondence becomes inconvenient for businesses that are evolving to maintain apaperlessoffice, services have emerged to outsource the task of scanning snail mail as it arrives.
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E-mail has the potential to enable us to make progress towards paperless offices.
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