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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Among them: flash cards, sold on the 21/64 website, with prompts designed to spark conversations.
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Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
This electronic reader works by inserting individual flash cards—featuring common words and pictures—and clicking the button to hear Ms. Rachel recite them.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The app had to have an engaging theme and include activities like flash cards and quizzes as well as a way to track daily progress.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
How companies are adapting Chegg sells textbooks and offers a slate of digital services, such as generating flash cards and practice questions.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
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Christina Binkley, Robb Report, 11 Oct. 2025
This electronic reader works by inserting individual flash cards—featuring common words and pictures—and clicking the button to hear Ms. Rachel recite them.
—Pamela Brill, Parents, 2 Oct. 2025
The app had to have an engaging theme and include activities like flash cards and quizzes as well as a way to track daily progress.
—Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 7 Aug. 2025
How companies are adapting Chegg sells textbooks and offers a slate of digital services, such as generating flash cards and practice questions.
—Ayana Archie, NPR, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Flash card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/flash%20card. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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