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cardboard

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




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Heat waves pass, and it’s more practical to cover your windows with cardboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 29, 2026

Cover your windows and blinds, including with “homemade protections” made of cardboard.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 25, 2026

To the other side there is what looks like a Scalextric track on the floor and cardboard boxes are in the background.

From BBC • Jun. 23, 2026

Each family lives between four walls of cardboard surrounded by sheets held up by wires and sticks for privacy.

From Barron's • Jun. 17, 2026

We wore orange space suits that my mom had made from old curtains, and square space helmets we’d made from cardboard boxes.

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




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