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as in comedian
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor
you're really a card, but save the jokes for after class
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Recent Examples of card
Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Harrison's post included a snapshot of their place card at the wedding, featuring both of their names together.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Ben Morse, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
Scottie Scheffler is back in the clubhouse having carded an even-par day.
—Larissa Gao, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
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Noun
The campus distributed voter registration cards to students, who will cast their ballots the same day as the nation's presidential election.
—Axios, 4 Nov. 2024
Meanwhile, Harrison's post included a snapshot of their place card at the wedding, featuring both of their names together.
—Jordana Comiter, People.com, 4 Nov. 2024
Verb
Fleetwood then carded a par on the final hole, allowing Scheffler to clinch the victory and giving the Brit the silver.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 4 Aug. 2024
Scottie Scheffler is back in the clubhouse having carded an even-par day.
—Larissa Gao, NBC News, 3 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for card
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Disneyland adds a few new surprises this Christmas holiday season Many of the most scrumptious looking items on the holiday menu are plays on popular dishes already beloved by Disneylanders.Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 7 Nov. 2024
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Happy hour specials Monday through Thursday are reason enough to drop into Scotch 80 Prime; a special lunch menu will be offered daily 11 a.m.-2 p.m. during AFM.Kathy A. McDonald, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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In the dying days of the race, Trump’s campaign may have suffered an unforced error following a mass rally at Madison Square Garden that alienated Puerto Ricans and Hispanics more generally following offensive remarks by a comedian invited to address the crowd.Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2024
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Berks County includes Reading, which has a large Latino and Hispanic population, and could offer a test case over whether a comedian’s controversial comments about Puerto Rico at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally last month could impact the former president.Caroline Vakil, The Hill, 5 Nov. 2024
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The verdict came in response to many petitions filed after demolitions in recent years in states ruled by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).Reuters, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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Meanwhile, Zhenya has filed a complaint for the assault.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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As Helene’s outer bands raked the Appalachian range, the French Broad River began to swell.Chris Kenning, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2024
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If your arm hurts just thinking about raking leaves in the fall, an electric leaf blower will make yard cleanup much quicker and less strenuous.Camryn Rabideau, People.com, 11 Oct. 2024
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But then hours later, the sheriff's department went back to the family's home near the North Carolina border, where Patterson was handcuffed, arrested, booked on suspicion of reckless conduct and forced to post $500 bail.David K. Li, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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And while the cuts will surely send stocks surging, as corporations book greater profits, all that does is make people who own stocks that much richer.Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
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Use fingers to massage the product into the scalp, then comb it through the hair.Jenny Berg, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2024
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Prepare to make the cheese sauce by grating and combing the cheddar and Swiss cheeses.Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 1 Nov. 2024
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Virtually no money is indexed to Club name Nvidia but shares were up 2% in the premarket after S & P Dow Jones Indices announced late Friday that the chipmaker would replace rival Intel in the 30-stock Dow.Jim Cramer, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2024
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One of the similarities between the Canadian tax system and the U.S. tax system is that most income tax and benefit amounts in both countries are indexed to inflation (only a few countries adjust their income tax thresholds for inflation—out of 160 economies, 131 have no adjustment at all).Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024
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The third one involves cataloging these important AI cases that the government deems ‘high impact’ – a documentation approach, basically.John Werner, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024
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The doc catalogs iconic crews through the ages, from the groundbreaking influence of the Beatles, the Nineties, and early 2000s groups like One Direction and the ones mentioned above to the global rise of K-pop crews like Seventeen.Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2024
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“Card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/card. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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