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noun

ˈkärd How to pronounce card (audio)
Definition of cardnext
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as in menu
a list of foods served at or available for a meal the diners asked if there were any specials on the card for the evening

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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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verb

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as in to file

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as in to rake

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Recent Examples of card
Noun
The TikTok Shop, eBay Live, WhatNot and other services have reimagined the concept of direct-to-consumer sales, allowing creators to transform the experience of unwrapping sports cards into an amalgamation of home shopping and playing the lottery. — Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2026 When Anthropic released Claude Opus 4 with a system card saying the model was too capable to be released without safeguards, an open-weight competitor matched most of its benchmark performance within three weeks. — Stephen Messer, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026
Verb
Tyrrell spent his childhood in the Carrizo Mountains, tending the family’s Navajo-Churro sheep, learning to card and spin their wool. — Jeanne Malle, Air Mail, 4 July 2026 One 56-year-old reviewer recalled being carded while buying wine and credited the serum for the mix-up. — Alexandra Emanuelli, Southern Living, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for card
Recent Examples of Synonyms for card
  1. menu
  2. comedian
  3. file
  4. rake
  5. book
  6. comb
  7. index
  8. catalog
Noun
  • The menu at Tarabel is a fusion of Portuguese, French and Italian cooking, with offerings sure to please most palates.
    — Julia Wytrazek, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Most people come here for the ever-evolving menu of house cocktails.
    — Condé Nast, cntraveler.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of menu
Noun
  • The comedian’s become a regular on TikTok and Instagram scrolls for her character work — particularly impressions of her Italian father and German mother, the latter always in a black turtleneck, hair pulled back, glasses inexplicably atop her head.
    — Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 16 Oct. 2026
  • For years, posting clips online has been integral to comedians’ process of building an audience and selling tickets to their live shows.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of comedian
Verb
  • A day after their merger collapsed, Albertsons filed a lawsuit against Kroger, seeking a $600 million termination fee as well as billions of dollars in legal fees and lost shareholder value.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Since February, the team has filed more than 40 open records requests with state regulators at the Georgia Department of Early Care and Learning.
    — Justin Price, AJC.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of file
Verb
  • Beside Perez, multiple current and former Royals players raked against Hendriks.
    — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Residents are still recovering from Hurricane Lala, which raked Hawaii without making landfall in August, producing heavy rain and winds strong enough to sweep about 100 homes off their foundations on the Big Island.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026
Definition of rake
Verb
  • The boy was booked into Placer County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of murder, Gaines said.
    — Daniel Hunt, Sacbee.com, 17 Oct. 2026
  • Be sure to check the eligibility requirements and terms before booking.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of book
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  • Given the prime location, everything is at your disposal from combing history tomes at Yountville Library to ticking off as many wine tastings as possible in one day.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
  • Investigators have been combing through surveillance video that captured part of the shooting, according to the court records.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of comb
Verb
  • Instinct says users can separately delete data indexed from outside sources.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 3 Oct. 2026
  • That’s because, unlike federal tax brackets, Amendment 87’s tax brackets are not indexed to inflation.
    — DP Opinion, Denver Post, 28 Sep. 2026
Definition of index
Verb
  • Any time there is the potential for further punishment, a report catalogs what happened, if there was a penalty called, the players involved, any disciplinary history, the aggressor's next game and video clips of the incident.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Whirlpool Galaxy's designation as M51 marks it as the 51st non-comet object catalogued by Messier, who was the chief astronomer of the Marine Observatory in Paris dedicated to studying comets.
    — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of catalog

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“Card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/card. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

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