flash card
noun
: a card bearing words, numbers, or pictures that is briefly displayed (as by a teacher to a class) usually as a learning aid
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Monica Thieu, a four-time Jeopardy! contestant and winner of the game's 2012 college championship, uses memory techniques like mnemonic devices and flash cards to retain world capitals, TV shows, Olympic cities and more.
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Margaret Cirino, NPR, 25 June 2024
Miss Corrada introduced flash cards to the second grade.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2024
As a fancy baroque piano soundtrack bubbles up, Snoop straps in for his lesson, which begins with Cordoba shuffling through her flash cards and pouring some imaginary tea.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2024
Given privacy concerns, the Census Bureau is proposing using flash cards for in-person interviews and using numbered response categories for people who do not want others in their household to know their responses.
—Mike Schneider, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2024
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Margaret Cirino, NPR, 25 June 2024
Miss Corrada introduced flash cards to the second grade.
—Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 7 Apr. 2024
As a fancy baroque piano soundtrack bubbles up, Snoop straps in for his lesson, which begins with Cordoba shuffling through her flash cards and pouring some imaginary tea.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 24 Apr. 2024
Given privacy concerns, the Census Bureau is proposing using flash cards for in-person interviews and using numbered response categories for people who do not want others in their household to know their responses.
—Mike Schneider, The Denver Post, 16 Feb. 2024
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“Flash card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20card. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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