Definition of pasteboardnext
as in ticket
a small sheet of plastic, paper, or paperboard showing that the bearer has a claim to something (as admittance) those pasteboards I got from a scalper cost me four times their face value

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Recent Examples of pasteboard It is filled with antiques from the earliest period when the family of Francis Watlington — a sea captain, harbor master and state legislator — resided here, including a game table set with 19th century pasteboard playing cards. — Elaine Glusac, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2024 Her three magnificent novels about the life and times of Thomas Cromwell—Henry VIII’s fixer-in-chief, who oversaw England’s rupture with the Church of Rome—stripped the robes of cliché and hindsight from one of history’s pasteboard ogres. — Boyd Tonkin, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022 As MacRumors reminds us, Apple introduced a privacy feature in iOS 16 which forces apps to ask permission before accessing your pasteboard to paste content from other apps. — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 19 Sep. 2022 In all, the Oroville Lake Marinas company removed 130 houseboats; floating recreation palaces such as the Monte-Carol and La Bella Vita now sit in a parking lot on stacks of pasteboard props. — Scott Wilson, Washington Post, 19 June 2021 Tickets are all mobile — no pasteboard stubs to keep for the scrapbook anymore. — Madalyn Mendoza, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Mar. 2021 If theme parks, with their pasteboard main streets, reek of a bland, safe, homogenized, white bread America, the Renaissance Faire is at the other end of the social spectrum, a whiff of the occult, a flash of danger and a hint of the erotic. — Kathy Flanigan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 2 June 2020 The thin strips of pasteboard nailed to the walls was a ramshackle form of insulation, and textbook tinder. — Gregg Doyel, Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pasteboard
Noun
  • Jumeirah's glittering new Marsa Al Arab and the Jumeirah Burj Al Arab are a short buggy ride away, and Wild Wadi Waterpark is less than a 10-minute walk (tickets are included with your stay).
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The British Museum is rolling out these tweak just in time for the next member ticket booking window to open on October 6.
    — Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Nothing should touch a system of record without clearing a policy check, with traceability back to an accountable employee.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Donalds has voted against a law that would require universal background checks.
    — Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 29 Sep. 2026

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“Pasteboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasteboard. Accessed 6 Oct. 2026.

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