: one of a set of 24 to 78 thin rectangular pieces of cardboard or plastic marked on one side to show its rank and suit and used in playing any of numerous games
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Alice in Borderland does something similar, with playing cards holding a huge amount of significance within the Borderlands’ twisted games.
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
The Japanese Netflix series first debuted in 2020, adapting Haro Aso's manga series about a parallel version of Tokyo where a series of games — represented by a suit in a deck of playing cards — unfold with life-or-death stakes for the players.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
So clearly there are many, many different ways to arrange 52 playing cards.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2025
How the device works The AI stethoscope, which is only about the size of a playing card, takes an ECG recording of the electrical signals from the patient's heart.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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Keith Langston, PEOPLE, 27 Sep. 2025
The Japanese Netflix series first debuted in 2020, adapting Haro Aso's manga series about a parallel version of Tokyo where a series of games — represented by a suit in a deck of playing cards — unfold with life-or-death stakes for the players.
—Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 20 Sep. 2025
So clearly there are many, many different ways to arrange 52 playing cards.
—Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 5 Sep. 2025
How the device works The AI stethoscope, which is only about the size of a playing card, takes an ECG recording of the electrical signals from the patient's heart.
—Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 4 Sep. 2025
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“Playing card.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/playing%20card. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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