cardboard

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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. 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 See All Example Sentences for cardboard
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardboard
Adjective
  • The challenges facing the Polar Security Cutter Program are ready-made for DOGE.
    Craig Hooper, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025
  • The offense should be ready-made for 2025 Riley proved himself this season, guiding a Clemson offense that improved from 98th nationally in yards per play (5.3) in 2023 to 28th (6.3) in 2024.
    Grace Raynor, The Athletic, 7 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Its imposing size and dramatic silhouette should, according to conventional design wisdom, limit its range.
    Shoko Wanger, Architectural Digest, 28 Feb. 2025
  • The 36 dwarf galaxies are varied in their properties, and many exhibit puzzling orbits that conventional theories have so far been unable to explain.
    Keith Cooper, Space.com, 28 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • Unlike the expressiveness of Blauvelt’s long collaboration with Kelly Reichardt, the visuals here look flat and unimaginative.
    David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Such an unimaginative and bland group of coaches and programs.
    Antonio Morales, The Athletic, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Warm up some canned black beans, and stir in taco seasoning.
    Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 24 Feb. 2025
  • The boxes contain canned protein, vegetables, pastas, tomato sauce, and staples such as oatmeal cereal and rice.
    Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The idea may be just as unoriginal as florals for spring.
    Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 7 Feb. 2025
  • The writing in general felt designed by committee to be as inoffensive and unoriginal as possible.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • Created by Elaine Ko, Mindy Kaling, Ike Barinholtz, and David Stassen, Running Point wastes Hudson’s star power and the significant comedic talents of its ensemble on uninspired writing and unlikable characters.
    EW.com, EW.com, 27 Feb. 2025
  • But sources say Broccoli left the meeting uninspired by Salke, a longtime TV executive, and returned to her home in London.
    Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 26 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • The social self is avoidance-based, conforming, imitative, predictable, planned, and hardworking.
    Ellen Choi, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2025
  • Not surprisingly, Renaissance architects and writers ended up contriving very similar imitative strategies.
    Mario Carpo, Artforum, 1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
  • For instance, most corporate investment policies restrict investments in equity, commodities or their derivative instruments due to the objective of capital preservation.
    Sunayana Gutta, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
  • Researchers from Peking University People’s Hospital in China recently conducted a phase 2 clinical trial assessing the safety and effectiveness of a berberine derivative, berberine ursodeoxycholate, to treat type 2 diabetes (T2D).
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 3 Mar. 2025

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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboard. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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