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Recent Examples of cardboard
Last Halloween, two doors down, a law librarian named Patty had lain in a cardboard coffin on her porch, dressed as Dracula, and jump-scared even the two-year-old next door, who leaped about ten feet into her brother’s arms.
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Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
On November 22, the Dollface star shared a video on Instagram of what looked to be a piece of paper bustling through the wind of a cardboard city.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 3 Dec. 2022
Secure a cool moon and clouds kit with balloons or glittery cardboard cloud cutouts to impress your peers.
—Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 1 Dec. 2022
The facility was evacuated after a cardboard compactor caught fire last week, two days after the JFK8 fire, which was similar.
—Karen Weise, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
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Matthew Klam, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
On November 22, the Dollface star shared a video on Instagram of what looked to be a piece of paper bustling through the wind of a cardboard city.
—Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 3 Dec. 2022
Secure a cool moon and clouds kit with balloons or glittery cardboard cloud cutouts to impress your peers.
—Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 1 Dec. 2022
The facility was evacuated after a cardboard compactor caught fire last week, two days after the JFK8 fire, which was similar.
—Karen Weise, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardboard
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Whittingham’s program comes in ready-made to contend for Big 12 titles, starting with the return of two-time Pac-12 champion quarterback Cam Rising after missing all of last season.Stewart Mandel, The Athletic, 15 Aug. 2024
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While the economy is largely supported by its robust ready-made garment manufacturing (RMG) sector, the second-largest in the world after China, Bangladesh has been diversifying its economy into new sectors such as pharmaceuticals, electronics, shipbuilding, and agro-processing.Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
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Proton therapy is a more precise type of radiation with fewer side effects than conventional radiation therapy.Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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Unlike conventional tutoring, the latter revolved around hands-on, practical courses, teaching Vincent the ins and outs of fieldwork and international humanitarian law, including driving a four-wheel in the bushes, using a VHF radio, or passing through an army checkpoint safely.Kody Boye, USA TODAY, 12 Dec. 2024
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The firm is smart, if also unimaginative, to highlight competition with China — which is indeed bipartisan, though likely to be managed very differently by the incoming administration.Johanna Costigan, Forbes, 26 Nov. 2024
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Sometimes, the genre becomes an excuse for amateurish or unimaginative filmmaking.A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 30 July 2024
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Other human foods that cats can eat unseasoned and without bones are salmon, chicken, turkey, beef, organ meat, shrimp, lamb, pork and canned tuna in spring water only.Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Two thousand seniors can apply to get items, such as milk, cereal and canned goods, monthly.Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 12 Sep. 2024
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As the sun and Saturn clash, confront what scares you: a fear of being unoriginal.USA TODAY, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2024
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Good, if often unoriginal design, sold at a competitive price.Alistair Charlton, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2024
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This year, Spotify Wrapped has been savaged by its own users for its uninspired presentation and a lack of personalization.Brady Brickner-Wood, The New Yorker, 10 Dec. 2024
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Viewers resistant to a landslide of scatological humor, however, may find the laughs pretty slim in this overlong, uninspired monster spoof.Dennis Harvey, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
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Aziz rolled out a summer crime imitative in 2021, shortly after his tenure began.Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 30 July 2024
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The Emory oak restoration imitative to preserve groves in the region recently marked its fifth anniversary, Peacey said.The Arizona Republic, The Arizona Republic, 29 Feb. 2024
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Uninspired gameplay, derivative characters and plenty other factors went into the tepid response from the gaming community.Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Dec. 2024
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The loss was due to changes in the fair value of warrant liabilities and derivative liabilities.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboard. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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