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noun

plural of card
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as in menus
a list of foods served at or available for a meal the diners asked if there were any specials on the card for the evening

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as in comedians
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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cards

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verb

present tense third-person singular of card
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as in books

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Recent Examples of cards
Noun
Those deliveries include gift cards and gas cards, clothes, food for animals, personal hygiene items and anything fire victims needed. — Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026 Plenty of them lose in the qualifying tournament, just as the wild cards might have, and don’t get a chance to prove their worth in the main draw. — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026 The Google Health app shows recent data in the Today tab, and surfaces cards with the most timely information at the top. — Andrew Gebhart, PC Magazine, 19 Aug. 2026 In the letter, Bass said the city and local partners had provided mobile health clinics, air purifiers, emergency housing assistance, grocery cards, diapers, formula and other resources. — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Disney Disney’s strategy of keeping its cards close to its chest has led to it only releasing two pieces of concept art for its Abu Dhabi park. — Caroline Reid, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026 In came get-well cards with handwritten words from the likes of former Giants manager Dusty Baker and other Bay Area sports teams. — Cam Inman, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026 Talk to me about how that connects to the title, which refers to a deck of cards. — Julyssa Lopez, Rolling Stone, 12 Aug. 2026 Several cards with sub-$100 annual fees have trip delay insurance, but the Marriott Bonvoy Bold® Credit Card offers similar protection with no annual fee. — Jason Stauffer, CNBC, 11 Aug. 2026
Verb
Collectors view 1st Bowman cards as particularly valuable, often more so than a player’s rookie card. — Larry Holder, New York Times, 12 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cards
  1. menus
  2. comedians
  3. books
  4. rakes
  5. files
  6. combs
  7. schedules
  8. surfaces
Noun
  • Now, Buffalo Wild Wings and Taco Bell have launched their own throwback menus.
    — Mike Snider, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Our rotating menus include items children can prepare on their own or with limited assistance, giving families flexibility while ensuring students have something dependable to eat.
    — Fred Hassell, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of menus
Noun
  • The phone-comedy discussion followed a scene in which Julie Kessler and Billy Epstein, the proudly embittered struggling comedians played by Klausner and Eichner, confront an up-and-coming digital creator.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Cook would go on to become one of the most popular comedians of the early 2000s, while McCauley took on a job as a corrections officer and would later handle his brother’s finances directly.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of comedians
Verb
  • Checks provider and location availability against real scheduling rules and books the visit, live, inside the EHR.
    — Deepika Bodapati, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
  • But the company’s second-quarter earnings reported last month showed that high-performance computing, which is where TSMC books AI chip sales, accounted for 66% of revenue.
    — Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of books
Verb
  • Then, as the afternoon sunshine rakes across the river valley, the group will return to the Birdwing—where canvas and paints await, according to a news release.
    — News Release, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Participants are encouraged to bring their own shovel, gloves, and rakes as limited tools will be provided at the event.
    — Hema Sivanandam, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Definition of rakes
Verb
  • When one spouse passes, the survivor typically files as a single taxpayer the following year, with roughly the same income but dramatically compressed brackets.
    — Dana Dunkelberger, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The beloved character files a claim that the Acme corporation — the fictional company that sells the faulty products prominently seen in Looney Tunes cartoons — is purposefully selling bad products to Coyote in his efforts to catch Roadrunner.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of files
Verb
  • Another founder, Sheridan Clayborne, built an AI agent that combs the internet for the best credit card and banking deals, netting him thousands of dollars.
    — Margaux MacColl, Vanity Fair, 14 July 2026
  • Zayas also combs through the dark web, a criminal haven on the internet where anonymous threat actors try to cause real-world harm.
    — Heather Abbott, CBS News, 7 June 2026
Definition of combs
Verb
  • The Virgo Moon moves through your 6th House of Work and Wellness, making tasks, health habits, and schedules more noticeable.
    — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • In reality, remediation still pauses while security teams validate results, IT schedules maintenance windows or multiple stakeholders approve deployment.
    — Deepak Kumar, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of schedules
Verb
  • Tinder is making a similar bet with its Events tab, which surfaces local outings such as trivia nights, ceramic classes, and beach tennis.
    — Tatiana Sataua, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2026
  • Magnet Forensics unveiled Magnet AI this spring, an engine that surfaces artifacts in seconds and writes investigative summaries from the evidence.
    — Lars Daniel, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Definition of surfaces

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“Cards.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cards. Accessed 23 Aug. 2026.

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