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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.
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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 film draws on Sayat Nova’s imagery: angels with flat halos and wooden wings, a pasteboard cloud descending as a vision, the constant repetition of key props including books, silver balls and ornate rugs.
—New York Times, 24 May 2018
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
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 film draws on Sayat Nova’s imagery: angels with flat halos and wooden wings, a pasteboard cloud descending as a vision, the constant repetition of key props including books, silver balls and ornate rugs.
—New York Times, 24 May 2018
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
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As of Thursday, tickets are no longer available for purchase on the festival's website.—
Greta Cross,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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Last month, points and miles travelers could book round-trip economy tickets to Taipei from Seattle and other West Coast cities for 40,000 Delta SkyMiles plus taxes and fees.—
Nerdwallet,
Hartford Courant,
18 Apr. 2025
Noun
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These systems can better understand cultural nuances and can analyze behavior, quickly spot weak ads and improve messages through sentiment checks.—
Tony Gonzalez,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Stanley’s check nearly erased the memory of him falling after a Mason Appleton giveaway to give the Blues one of their first Grade A chances of the game.—
Jeremy Rutherford,
New York Times,
22 Apr. 2025
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“Pasteboard.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pasteboard. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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