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cardboard

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




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In France the government has pestered the public to wet their skin, drink cold soup and block windows with cardboard to beat the heat—anything to avoid resorting to AC.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Downstairs, men sort plastics, cardboard, paper, metals and glass into neat piles destined for workshops and factories.

From Barron's Jul. 18, 2026

It is cold little chaos, packaged in cardboard and frost.

From Salon Jul. 11, 2026

Matthews said the device actually contained "a load of cardboard fins that get wet as the water blows past them".

From BBC Jul. 10, 2026

The next time, I wore two pairs of shorts, and I put a piece of cardboard in between them.

From "Facing the Lion" by Joseph Lemasolai Lekuton and Herman Viola




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