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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
Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
Launch day also brings new amiibo figures and cards, with both the digital version and Years 1–2 Fighter Edition available.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 6 June 2025
Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Riebe carded the day’s wildest round, which included a double bogey, three bogeys, four birdies and an eagle.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Noun
When they’re done, the criminals simply put the cards back on a rack and wait.
—Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 June 2025
Launch day also brings new amiibo figures and cards, with both the digital version and Years 1–2 Fighter Edition available.
—Dave Quinn, People.com, 6 June 2025
Verb
Pak carded a bogey-free round with one eagle and five birdies.
—Julio Cesar Valdera Morales, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Riebe carded the day’s wildest round, which included a double bogey, three bogeys, four birdies and an eagle.
—Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for card
Noun
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These are bright and zippy, a great contrast to any other sweets on the menu.—
Ann Taylor Pittman,
Southern Living,
8 June 2025
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Yes, rock legend documentaries, gritty and goofy B-pictures and unfairly maligned high-concept comedies are on the menu this month for Netflix subscribers—guys, this is a good month.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Noun
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Their teammates on the night were comedian Jack Dee and Kelly Cates, one of the new presenters of Premier League highlights show Match of the Day.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Mike Myers Prior to working for Combs, Mia worked as a personal assistant for comedian Mike Myers.—
Jenna Sundel
Joshua Rhett Miller,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 June 2025
Verb
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May 20, 2025 An emergency motion for that temporary furlough was filed Tuesday in federal court, and documents were obtained and reviewed by The Times.—
Christie D’Zurilla,
Los Angeles Times,
13 June 2025
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Sentencing papers filed Thursday show Jaydin Davinci Alford pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, reduced from first-degree murder, in exchange for the sentence imposed by Pulaski County Circuit Judge Melanie Martin.—
John Lynch,
Arkansas Online,
13 June 2025
Verb
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Although most of its worst winds were to the east, Dorian raked the Outer Banks with wind gusts of over 100 mph, before returning to the Atlantic Ocean, the hurricane center reported.—
Dinah Voyles Pulver,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Hendry went for the Standing Ovation before Williams raked his eyes.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
26 May 2025
Verb
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Kara-France was booked to face Manel Kape in September 2023, but a concussion during training camp prevented Kara-France from competing on that card, UFC 293.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes.com,
12 June 2025
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Smith said the moment news broke in April that the state would allow a limited amount of fishing of Chinook salmon in the ocean, his regulars called and his boat was booked up.—
Jaclyn Cosgrove,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2025
Verb
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Many eagle-eyed fans have combed through the footage, mainly the backgrounds of the arenas, and found references to other Marvel characters like Dazzler, Daredevil, Thor, Wasp, Luna Snow and The Fantastic Four.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
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Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams says his office is combing through jail call logs and cross-referencing fingerprints and DNA samples to ascertain who else working at the jail may have been involved.—
Kati Weis,
CBS News,
29 May 2025
Verb
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Rather than simply indexing documents, Glean uses natural language understanding and machine learning to create a personalized knowledge graph for each user.—
Michelle Castillo,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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By taking these assumptions and beliefs about hair’s relationship to the body seriously, this book reveals how nineteenth-century Americans came to understand their hair as a body part capable of indexing each person’s race, gender, and national belonging.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2025
Verb
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This means cataloging current hardware, software and network configurations, as well as identifying and labeling customer info, financial records, IP and other sensitive data.—
Harry Kazakian,
Forbes.com,
3 June 2025
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Plaintiffs in the class-action lawsuit filed by the National Center for Youth Law have also cataloged long wait times and slow DNA results.—
Cedar Attanasio,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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“Card.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/card. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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