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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
Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act section 264 (e), every person 18 years old and older shall carry the card with them at all times.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Justin Ray, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Bryson DeChambeau rounded out the top five at 2-under after carding a 75 Sunday.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Noun
Even breathing easy with a six-run lead wasn’t in the cards.
—Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Under the Immigration and Nationality Act section 264 (e), every person 18 years old and older shall carry the card with them at all times.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
DeChambeau carded seven birdies on the day, the fifth time he’s made seven or more in a round since 2019 — most of any player in that span.
—Justin Ray, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2025
Bryson DeChambeau rounded out the top five at 2-under after carding a 75 Sunday.
—Steve Gorten, Miami Herald, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for card
Noun
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The deal is limited to five free menu items per transaction and is subject to availability.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA Today,
22 Apr. 2025
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The menu includes the family’s signature pizzas and pasta, chicken and seafood entrees, stromboli, calzones, appetizers, soups and salads, and special lunch offerings.—
Joe Marusak,
Charlotte Observer,
21 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Trump sued Maher in 2013 for $5 million after the comedian made a crass joke about his mother and an orangutan.—
Steff Danielle Thomas,
The Hill,
19 Apr. 2025
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Netflix is once again hosting a showcase of up-and-coming comedians for its annual Netflix Is a Joke Festival.—
Ethan Shanfeld,
Variety,
18 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The case, originally filed in 2012, accused Sutter of attempting to amass monopoly power in northern California through all-or-nothing contracts, requiring insurers to include all of its hospitals and physician groups in health plans.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Feldstein Soto said the UCLA Police Department referred 245 arrests and all were declined for filing due to insufficient evidence.—
Ruben Vives,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The Annie set has 12 chairs, each designed to look like something that could literally rake through a head of hair.—
Nora Taylor,
Curbed,
23 Apr. 2025
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The cemetery was only sporadically maintained by its caretaker, and raking the long grass gave me the eerie feeling of running my fingers through a child’s hair.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Police said she was arrested and booked in the local jail on no bond.—
Taylor Ardrey,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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The company booked $10.2 billion of orders in the first quarter and the backlog increased to $123 billion.—
Jeff Marks,
CNBC,
25 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Nader has dismissed her insight completely, triggering a grimy investigation montage of exercise, combing through files, thinking while brooding in the company of coffee, cigarettes, and an old car door propped up on a chain-link fence for target practice.—
Andy Andersen,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 2025
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Even the best recruiters can only comb through so many resumes before their vision begins to blur, upping the risk of missing out on the ideal hire.—
Aytekin Tank,
Forbes.com,
17 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The lines are indexed to show equivalent growth, even if the numbers are disproportionate.—
Erik Sherman,
Forbes.com,
26 Apr. 2025
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Pros Of Live Event Sales • Higher Visibility: Events are indexed by Google and found in Eventbrite’s internal search.—
Lovely Marshall,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
Verb
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That’s where Davis comes in: cataloging more and more types of coffee, searching for new genotypes, looking for resilient species that could be both used for crossbreeding sturdier hybrids and planted directly on farms as high-profit specialty coffees.—
Marta Zaraska,
Smithsonian Magazine,
1 Apr. 2025
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Six weeks into the new administration, Wayback Machine director Graham said, the Internet Archive had cataloged some 73,000 web pages that had existed on U.S. government websites that were expunged after Trump's inauguration.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2025
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“Card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/card. Accessed 1 May. 2025.
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