card catalog
noun
: a catalog (as of books) in which the entries are arranged systematically on cards
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The bar top sits on vintage card catalog cabinets.
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Elizabeth McCracken: Fourth-grade punishments; tenth-grade sentence diagramming; my grandfather; card catalogs; teachers; libraries.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Indoors, a former card catalog hosts several drawers of seed packets.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Lauder pointed to the Clinique card catalog as an example, where sales associates would note product recommendations and purchases as well as personal details about the shopper.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
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John Meyer, Denver Post, 6 Jan. 2026
Elizabeth McCracken: Fourth-grade punishments; tenth-grade sentence diagramming; my grandfather; card catalogs; teachers; libraries.
—Literary Hub, 9 Dec. 2025
Indoors, a former card catalog hosts several drawers of seed packets.
—Madison Beveridge, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2025
Lauder pointed to the Clinique card catalog as an example, where sales associates would note product recommendations and purchases as well as personal details about the shopper.
—Fairchild Studio, WWD, 15 Oct. 2024
See All Example Sentences for card catalog
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“Card catalog.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/card%20catalog. Accessed 14 Jan. 2026.
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