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cardboard

[kahrd-bawrd, -bohrd] / ˈkɑrdˌbɔrd, -ˌboʊrd /
ADJECTIVE
paper
Synonyms
Antonyms
WEAK




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"No means, no silence," read one cardboard sign outside the Turgot high school.

From Barron's ● Oct. 5, 2026

“Too often a place will just send up a cardboard shopping bag with the things you ordered in it.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

You don’t need a cardboard coop to emulate the competition elsewhere—and if ice cream isn’t enough of a draw, treat the person who goes longest without using their phone to a free drink.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026

At the edge of the crowd, a clutch of children were all drawing flamingos on a long piece of cardboard on the ground, and many people held pink flamingos on sticks.

From Slate ● Sep. 8, 2026

There was even a life-sized cardboard figure of T’Challa’s scientist sister, Shuri, from Black Panther.

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas




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