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Recent Examples of cardboard
Takeout containers are cardboard rather than plastic.
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The cardboard Christmas houses, decorated with glitter, twigs, and other items, are said to have originated with the Moravians who once created decorative Christmas villages built around Christmas trees, generally as an extension of a nativity.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
Her family celebrated holidays in hotels with cardboard Christmas trees.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
One older trick to protect young stems is fitting the cardboard portion of a toilet paper roll around the stem as a barrier.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
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Christopher Elliott, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2025
The cardboard Christmas houses, decorated with glitter, twigs, and other items, are said to have originated with the Moravians who once created decorative Christmas villages built around Christmas trees, generally as an extension of a nativity.
—Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 26 Nov. 2024
Her family celebrated holidays in hotels with cardboard Christmas trees.
—Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 6 June 2024
One older trick to protect young stems is fitting the cardboard portion of a toilet paper roll around the stem as a barrier.
—Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Jan. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cardboard
Adjective
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The most expensive work sold at auction by a living artist is Jeff Koons’s Rabbit, which takes the idea of a ready-made and casts it in stainless steel.—
Nate Freeman,
Vanity Fair,
24 Apr. 2026
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Our beautiful encircling topography of mountains and hills is a bowl ready-made by ancient plate tectonics to be filled with smoke and smog.—
Patt Morrison,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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Its goal was to commercialize early-stage technologies too risky for conventional finance.—
David H. Hsu,
Fortune,
11 May 2026
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Wilson operated outside of conventional narrative, trusting in the magic of unexpected illogic.—
Classical Music Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
11 May 2026
Adjective
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Neutrals can get boring, but this easy palette reads effortless, not unimaginative.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
4 May 2026
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Yes, that’s the same job that Anna Wintour currently holds at Condé Nast, a deeply unimaginative plot movement to a film that feels far too comfy with its titular baddie.—
Kate Erbland,
IndieWire,
29 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Manchego cheese, cream cheese and sour cream provide the dip’s lushness, while canned artichoke hearts, fresh spinach and the green tops of green onions are the source of herbaceous spring freshness and texture.—
Caron Golden,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 Apr. 2026
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Prices for canned fruits and vegetables are up about 6% in March from a year earlier, according to CPI data.—
Greg Iacurci,
CNBC,
15 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Other artists copied his style, which at first the artist considered flattering but later saw it as unoriginal as his popularity grew.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
14 Apr. 2026
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This makes your home feel intentional and personal instead of sterile and unoriginal.—
Ashlyn Needham,
The Spruce,
8 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Sadly there’s little wind beneath this uninspired musical’s thin and tattered wings.—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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Bieber's set has been met with mixed reviews as some praise the singer for his innovative, nostalgic approach while others are criticizing the set as low-effort and uninspired.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Since then, whenever new tools to crank out communications have become available, somebody has flooded the zone with the fastest, most imitative material that could garner attention.—
Deni Ellis Béchard,
Scientific American,
8 Nov. 2025
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It may be borrowed or coined, named after a person, inspired by a place or imitative of a sound.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The app began as an aggregator for perpetual futures, a form of derivative popular among crypto traders.—
Jack Kubinec,
Fortune,
28 Apr. 2026
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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission — an independent federal agency that has jurisdiction over derivative markets — is overseeing prediction markets.—
Lisa Hagen,
Hartford Courant,
21 Apr. 2026
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“Cardboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cardboard. Accessed 12 May. 2026.
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