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Recent Examples of cardboard
Then, boxes were shallow cardboard squares with flaps to lock them into place.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardboard
Adjective
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The result: a canvas ready-made for needlepoint, a craft that’s essentially paint-by-numbers for embroidery.—
Megan Sauer,
CNBC,
28 Feb. 2025
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The challenges facing the Polar Security Cutter Program are ready-made for DOGE.—
Craig Hooper,
Forbes,
20 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Water Conservation: Unlike conventional farming, where excessive water use leads to runoff and waste, Oishii’s system recycles a whopping 95% of its water.—
Chrissy Tracey,
Forbes,
23 Mar. 2025
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All of the candidates realize this and most are promising more cops, more law and order, and a handful of conventional ideas to make the city less expensive.—
Bradley Tusk,
New York Daily News,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Strict and unimaginative gender norms were alive and well, and Weight Watchers was for the ladies (calories, of course, have no gender.—
John DeVore,
Rolling Stone,
25 Mar. 2025
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These hotels are, at their worst, sites of literal death, and at best, gilded cages for the unimaginative.—
Alex Abad-Santos,
Vox,
17 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The beer list includes tap, bottled and canned options.—
Brianna Taylor,
Sacramento Bee,
14 Mar. 2025
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Tariffs and import troubles, along with cannabis and canned cocktails, probably aren't helping the wine and beer business.—
Louis Biscotti,
Forbes,
4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The idea may be just as unoriginal as florals for spring.—
Adrianna Rodriguez,
USA TODAY,
7 Feb. 2025
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The writing in general felt designed by committee to be as inoffensive and unoriginal as possible.—
Erik Kain,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This is also a dimension in short supply that can be easily eroded by people lacking transcendence – being unthankful, unimaginative, short-sighted, uninspired, pessimistic, and directionless.—
Mary Crossan,
Forbes,
21 Mar. 2025
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To call it uninspired play is an unfair assessment.—
Baltimore Sun staff,
Baltimore Sun,
21 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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The social self is avoidance-based, conforming, imitative, predictable, planned, and hardworking.—
Ellen Choi,
Forbes,
25 Feb. 2025
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Not surprisingly, Renaissance architects and writers ended up contriving very similar imitative strategies.—
Mario Carpo,
Artforum,
1 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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The company reported a net loss on derivative instruments of $22.0 million for the year, compared to a gain of $45.3 million in the previous year, reflecting changes in commodity prices.—
Quartz Intelligence Newsroom,
Quartz,
28 Mar. 2025
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These contracts automate royalty payments, licensing arrangements, and other critical transactions whenever a derivative or inspired piece is created.—
Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboard. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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