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Recent Examples of cardboard
One older trick to protect young stems is fitting the cardboard portion of a toilet paper roll around the stem as a barrier.
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
Then, boxes were shallow cardboard squares with flaps to lock them into place.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2023
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
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Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
Then, boxes were shallow cardboard squares with flaps to lock them into place.
—Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 13 Jan. 2023
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardboard
Adjective
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The case that Earth came ready-made with its own water production means isn’t quite a slam dunk.—
Eric Mack,
Forbes.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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Loading your audio article Sometimes in football, a program is ready-made for a new coach to come in and take over.—
Christian Babcock,
Mercury News,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Sorry to break it to the rest of the industry, but Aston Martin’s design team is still cooking with gas, fire, conventional weapons, atomic bombs, etc.—
Jonny Lieberman,
Robb Report,
12 May 2025
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Its two sister variants—the F-35A and F-35C—are designed for operations from conventional runways and aircraft carriers, respectively.—
Ryan Chan,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 May 2025
Adjective
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But in the Sacramento region, most drinkers still associate chenin blanc with its sweet, unimaginative predecessors.—
Benjy Egel,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2025
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There are narrative tropes, flat characters and unimaginative enemies everywhere.—
Christopher rd,
New York Times,
27 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Ingredient lists tell you a lot about when a recipe was popular, and pear salad might have had its peak mid-20th century, when canned fruit dominated the supermarket shelves.—
Anne Byrn,
Southern Living,
9 May 2025
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Many recession-friendly foods—like canned soups, simple pastas, frozen pizza, and basic baked goods—evoke childhood memories of simpler times.—
Phil Lempert,
Forbes.com,
30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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These stories are shockingly unoriginal, both in the real world and in films and television.—
Aramide Tinubu,
Variety,
11 Apr. 2025
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Using Trite Business Jargon Nothing screams unoriginal like a LinkedIn profile filled with corporate buzzwords.—
William Arruda,
Forbes.com,
6 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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In an uninspired effort against a desperate opponent also fighting to make the playoffs, the Wild had a chance to make the playoffs for the 11th time in the past 13 years with a win in any fashion Friday night against the Calgary Flames.—
Michael Russo,
New York Times,
12 Apr. 2025
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Vara was uninspired by GPT-3’s responses to her writing, but over time came to appreciate the algorithm’s ability to offer language where there was none.—
Anna Wiener,
New Yorker,
9 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Explaining Traditions - Folk Behavior In Modern Culture By Simon J. Bronner This kind of imitative play—not just Cooties but also House or Cops and Robbers—helps children make sense of the world.—
Bruce Handy,
The Atlantic,
16 Apr. 2025
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The social self is avoidance-based, conforming, imitative, predictable, planned, and hardworking.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Thus, if a general receiver for the debtor-member then the receiver may exercise all rights possessed by the debtor-member, including voting to make distributions, dissolve the LLC or bring a derivative lawsuit to force distributions to be made.—
Jay Adkisson,
Forbes.com,
27 Apr. 2025
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Story’s graph structure enables automatic derivative tracking.—
Gary Weinstein,
Forbes,
25 Mar. 2025
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboard. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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