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as in comedian
a person (as a writer) noted for or specializing in humor
you're really a card, but save the jokes for after class
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Recent Examples of card
ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
Penta is in a similar spot on the card to El Grande Americano, a character portrayed by Chad Gable that will likely be very short-lived.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
Jones, a sophomore, carded a 5-under-par 66 to take third.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
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Noun
The scammer can then trick the caller into handing over personal or payment card details or allow remote access to their computer.
—ArsTechnica, 18 June 2025
Penta is in a similar spot on the card to El Grande Americano, a character portrayed by Chad Gable that will likely be very short-lived.
—Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 7 June 2025
Verb
The Australian ended his spectacular day with one last par putt from two feet, carding a 3-under 67 for the day – tied with Mexico’s Carlos Ortiz for the best round of the day.
—Kyle Feldscher, CNN Money, 14 June 2025
Jones, a sophomore, carded a 5-under-par 66 to take third.
—Dan Albano, Oc Register, 3 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for card
Noun
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These are bright and zippy, a great contrast to any other sweets on the menu.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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Yes, rock legend documentaries, gritty and goofy B-pictures and unfairly maligned high-concept comedies are on the menu this month for Netflix subscribers—guys, this is a good month.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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For one thing, the father and two of the older brothers of future late-night talk-show host and comedian Stephen Colbert were killed in the crash.—
Scott Fowler,
Charlotte Observer,
18 June 2025
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The ranking also includes Adam Waheed, known online as comedian Adam W, who pulls in more than 1 billion views on social platforms each month.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2025
Verb
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Prosecutors filed charges just two days later in the Seventh District Judicial Court, and the case was headed to trial when Vaughn made the decision to plead guilty in April.—
Chris Spargo,
People.com,
13 June 2025
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Back then, filing a patent or trademark was a fairly simple process.—
Joe Hudicka,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Although most of its worst winds were to the east, Dorian raked the Outer Banks with wind gusts of over 100 mph, before returning to the Atlantic Ocean, the hurricane center reported.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Hendry went for the Standing Ovation before Williams raked his eyes.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Kara-France was booked to face Manel Kape in September 2023, but a concussion during training camp prevented Kara-France from competing on that card, UFC 293.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Smith said the moment news broke in April that the state would allow a limited amount of fishing of Chinook salmon in the ocean, his regulars called and his boat was booked up.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Now, with the aid of machine learning algorithms, doctors can comb through thousands of patient records and data points to flag potential cases earlier and more accurately.—
Cindy Krischer Goodman,
Sun Sentinel,
17 June 2025
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Rescue workers had completed combing the crash site and were now searching for missing people and bodies in the buildings as well as for aircraft parts that could help explain why the plane crashed soon after taking off.—
Sudipto Ganguly,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
Verb
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Rather than simply indexing documents, Glean uses natural language understanding and machine learning to create a personalized knowledge graph for each user.—
Michelle Castillo,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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By taking these assumptions and beliefs about hair’s relationship to the body seriously, this book reveals how nineteenth-century Americans came to understand their hair as a body part capable of indexing each person’s race, gender, and national belonging.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Verb
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This involves cataloging and categorizing data across the business and implementing data discovery capabilities.—
Leon Bian,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2025
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In the journal American Entomologist, Louis C. Rutledge catalogs and taxonomizes the one hundred and eighty poems Emily Dickinson wrote in which arthropods of some variety appear: lots of bees and butterflies, but also gnats, worms, and of course her famous fly.—
Hannah Brooks-Motl
June 2,
Literary Hub,
2 June 2025
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“Card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/card. Accessed 23 Jun. 2025.
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