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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
Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2025
Demand in China for the latest generation cards is so high that Chinese resellers are already advertising the chips bought outside the country for up to $5,700 on Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
The 17-year old golfer, who made his professional debut at this week's American Express golf tournament at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., carded an eight-under 64 — the lowest score in a PGA Tour round by a player under the age of 18 in the past 40 years, according to Golf Magazine.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
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Noun
Dedicate a prize for the winning card to get everyone even more engaged.
—Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Feb. 2025
Demand in China for the latest generation cards is so high that Chinese resellers are already advertising the chips bought outside the country for up to $5,700 on Chinese e-commerce platform Taobao.
—Chris Lau, CNN, 6 Feb. 2025
Verb
English also was the first winner to shoot over par in the final round since John Daly carded a 3-over 75 on the way to the 2004 title.
—Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025
The 17-year old golfer, who made his professional debut at this week's American Express golf tournament at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., carded an eight-under 64 — the lowest score in a PGA Tour round by a player under the age of 18 in the past 40 years, according to Golf Magazine.
—Gil MacIas, People.com, 20 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for card
Noun
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In early 2023, shortly after raising $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation, Lore swapped Wonder’s 450 vans for storefronts where customers could order takeout or delivery from a giant selection of 30 unique menus.—
Phoebe Liu,
Forbes,
8 Feb. 2025
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These are the drinks that form the basis of the cocktail cannon; largely all created before sour mixes and disco-era drinks dominated menus around America.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
7 Feb. 2025
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The ceremony was hosted by comedian Eddie Kadi and Love Island star Indiyah Polack and broadcast live on YouTube.—
Thomas Smith,
Billboard,
18 Feb. 2025
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On March 1, comedian Shane Gillis will host an episode featuring Canadian pop star Tate McRae.—
Matthew Strauss,
Pitchfork,
18 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Trump administration’s dismantling of the U.S. Agency for International Development is stiffing American businesses on hundreds of millions of dollars in unpaid bills for work that has already been done, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday.—
Ellen Knickmeyer,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Feb. 2025
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But as questions swirled around the February 2022 allegations of mishandling of records by Trump, Bloomberg News reporter Jason Leopold filed a FOIA request for six categories of documents.—
Jack Date,
ABC News,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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The Lilac fire spread from the edge of nearby I-15 in a southwesterly direction and raked across the rear of a tan-colored home on the eastern side of Ranchos Ladera Road, burning up to the property’s patio.—
Paul Sisson,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2025
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Dash Day had himself quite a time, raking the trap, drawing in the sand and playing with a golf ball while his dad posed for pictures with a trophy and a surfboard — and a check for $1.13 million.—
Kirk Kenney,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Dexter: Resurrection has booked another familiar name.—
Jackie Strause,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Feb. 2025
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The outing is then booked to hit Madrid, London, Burssels, Oslo and Paris before moving over to the U.S. for theater gigs in Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, New York, Boston and Washington, D.C. before winding down on Nov. 29 at the Met in Philadelphia.—
Gil Kaufman,
Billboard,
11 Feb. 2025
Verb
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It has also been decided, unwisely, that Bridget has somehow lost the desire or perhaps the ability to ever comb her hair.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
TIME,
14 Feb. 2025
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Musk and his team, under Trump’s direction, have been entering government agencies, combing through books, and instructing civil servants to find ways to reduce government spending and cut out any dead weight.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
12 Feb. 2025
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His latest on the subject, and the one to which Kennedy was referring, appeared in a journal that is not indexed by the National Library of Medicine or by any other organization that might provide it with some scientific credibility.—
Adam Marcus,
The Atlantic,
13 Feb. 2025
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The site also sold access to a tool to search for stolen and leaked logins indexed from billions of websites.—
Michael Kan,
PCMAG,
30 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Tracking what was being abruptly proposed and voted on was a two-person operation, with my colleague David Zahniser and me splitting the work of snapping photos of the motions, cataloging them in numerical order and quickly reading through them.—
Tony Barboza,
Los Angeles Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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Language Barriers During the first half of the 20th century, most linguists were concerned with cataloging the world’s languages.—
Ben Brubaker,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Jan. 2025
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“Card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/card. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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