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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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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
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The language is now already written and could be inserted ready-made into a new bill.Nathaniel Weixel, The Hill, 2 Jan. 2025
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Unlike conventional robots made from rigid metals and gears, Clone’s creations are flexible and replicate the nuances of human tissue.Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
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Idaho’s big-game hunters generally think that modern hunting technology in the form of conventional optics and firearms, digital mapping services, and even ATVs and side-by-sides is acceptable.Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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The book will therefore appear January 14 (following a leak that rocked the publishing world), scarcely a month after Francis’s 88th birthday, under the appropriate if slightly unimaginative title Hope.airmail.news, airmail.news, 11 Jan. 2025
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From the interviewer’s perspective, a candidate with no questions can come across as disinterested, unprepared, or—worse—unimaginative.Benjamin Laker, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025
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The trends to watch in 2025 are two-fold, the survey found: Adapting to younger, health-conscious consumers and a changing marketplace that favors seltzers and canned cocktails.John Frank, Axios, 2 Jan. 2025
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Fresh, frozen, and canned carrots provide valuable nutrients.Adrienne Dellwo, Verywell Health, 22 Oct. 2024
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Dell may be making its laptop names boring and unoriginal, but the new Dell Pro 14 Premium is keeping things exciting with the addition of a punchy tandem OLED display.Antonio G. Di Benedetto, The Verge, 6 Jan. 2025
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For the rest of us, though, the main lesson of Mufasa is a far less generative one: Even the most talented director can’t make someone else’s unoriginal idea shine.Hannah Giorgis, The Atlantic, 20 Dec. 2024
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So who distinguished themselves at the ballot box in 2024, and who turned in an uninspired performance?Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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But heroism from LaVine and Coby White (19 points, 5 assists) couldn’t offset a dreadful first half of haphazard ball handling and uninspired defense.Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 9 Jan. 2025
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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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Allegations that the board failed to satisfy this obligation are not infrequently the subject of shareholder derivative litigation.Michael Peregrine, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
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Retinol is a vitamin A derivative and only one of several types of retinoids.Sarah Han, Allure, 7 Jan. 2025
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboard. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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