post·card
ˈpōs(t)-ˌkärd 
2
: a card on which a message may be written for mailing without an envelope and to which the sender must affix a stamp
: picturesque, picture-postcard
a postcard village
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Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2024
Editors’ Picks Prized symbols of the city, the towers are ubiquitous: on postcards, souvenir magnets, even on gigantic chocolate Easter eggs that featured a drawing of them on a marzipan surface.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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Noun
Domestic postcards will go up by 3 cents to 56 cents.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2024
Editors’ Picks Prized symbols of the city, the towers are ubiquitous: on postcards, souvenir magnets, even on gigantic chocolate Easter eggs that featured a drawing of them on a marzipan surface.
—Elisabetta Povoledo, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
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“Postcard.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/postcard. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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